The suspected shooter involved in the fatal drive-by shooting of a St. Paul man late last month has been arrested, authorities say.
Orlando Franklin was arrested early Friday in Memphis, Tenn., by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force on a warrant out of Ramsey County for second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Anthony Boelter.
No criminal complaint was found in Minnesota’s online court filing system, meaning the criminal complaint against Franklin likely was sealed pending his arrest.
Franklin is the second person to be arrested in the case since police found Boelter dead inside his vehicle in St. Paul last April 25.
Bobby Leroy Woody, 43, was charged days following the slaying after authorities say they found him at his Glencoe, Minn., home along with a .45-caliber handgun.
He is accused of driving the vehicle involved in the drive-by and was charged by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office with two counts of aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
St. Paul police responded to a report of a shooting just before 10 p.m. on April 25 at the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue and Cypress Street, and found Boelter fatally shot inside a yellow Volkswagen Beetle.
Two people with him in the vehicle that night told police that Boelter had a longstanding feud with people who lived in his ex-girlfriend’s home near the intersection, and that he “made a point of driving by the home” on a “regular basis,” charges say.
That’s what he was doing the night of the shooting, only that evening a dark SUV reportedly started following his vehicle.
Boelter tried to lose them by heading down an alley, but someone in the SUV reportedly fired a gun at them, striking Boelter in the head.
In addition to a bullet in the headrest, investigators found a bullet hole in the vehicle’s rear fender and five spent .45-caliber casings on the sidewalk and street.
Investigators learned Woody had been “upset and found it disrespectful” that Boelter “repeatedly drove” by the home, and had reportedly been at the home drinking with a “large handgun in his pocket” the night of the shooting, charges say.
Surveillance video showed Woody sitting in the driver’s seat of the SUV when Boelter drove past. Another man ran and got into the SUV’s passenger seat, and the SUV followed the Volkswagen.
A witness watched as the two vehicles approached the intersection and saw “muzzle flashes” coming from the back passenger side of the SUV.
The witness said he saw someone in the driver’s seat and another person in the back of the SUV before it “took off.”
Woody has past convictions for fleeing police and domestic violence.
Woody was denied a public defender at a recent hearing in his case, and no attorney is listed for him in court records. His next hearing is scheduled for May 21.
Franklin was tracked by investigators in Minnesota to the West Memphis area, where he was found at a home, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.
He was arrested without incident and is being held a detention facility in Tennessee.
No information was immediately available about when he’ll be extradited to Minnesota.