Murder trial for Jawan Carroll in downtown Mpls. killings begins Wednesday

MINNEAPOLIS — A murder trial begins Wednesday for a man accused of killing two people outside a Minneapolis nightclub last year.

Jawan Carroll faces two counts of second-degree murder and several counts of attempted murder.

In May last year, police say 10 people were shot in a fight outside Monarch nightclub in downtown. Two of them died, including a University of Saint Thomas student hit by a stray bullet.

Carroll faces decades behind bars if convicted.

Source: CBS