Brooklyn Park teen in July park killing to be tried as adult
Hennepin County Judge Rachel Hughey on Tuesday ordered 17-year-old Nyzeir A'shoun Reay of Inver Grove Heights certified to stand trial as an adult on two counts of second-degree murder in a Brooklyn Park park shooting.[1]
Reay faces two counts of second-degree murder for the July 5 shooting at Hartkopf Park that left a 16-year-old boy critically wounded and later dead.[1] U.S. Marshals arrested Reay on July 29 in Peoria, Illinois, on a Hennepin County warrant before he was extradited back to Minnesota.[1]
Police said the victim was shot in the head around 10:45 p.m. during the July 5 incident at Hartkopf Park.[1] The certification means he will be tried in adult court.[1]
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- Defendant: Nyzeir A'shoun Reay, 17, of Inver Grove Heights
- Charged with two counts of second-degree murder for a July 5, 2026 shooting at Hartkopf Park in Brooklyn Park
- Hennepin County Judge Rachel Hughey ordered Reay certified to stand trial as an adult
- Victim: 16-year-old male shot in the head around 10:45 p.m. and later died
- U.S. Marshals arrested Reay on July 29 in Peoria, Illinois, on a Hennepin County warrant before his extradition to Minnesota
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October 20, 2026