1 of 4 charged in fatal drive-by shooting targeting wrong car sentenced to 30 years in prison

One of the four people charged in a 2025 drive-by shooting that killed a father while his children were in the car was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. Steven Rawls Jr., 27, was charged with two counts of second-degree aiding and abetting murder and six counts of second-degree attempted murder. He was convicted of three of the attempted murder charges and one aiding and abetting murder charge. The remaining charges were dismissed. The three others, Jasmine Rawls, Malik Rawls and Jarvis Sanders, were all charged with the same initial charges as Steven. The shooting happened on Nov. 22, 2024, near the Rondo Community Library in St. Paul. According to a criminal complaint, 26-year-old Andre Lorenzo Mitchell was shot to death while he was waiting inside a Mazda sedan with his 2-month-old child, 5-year-old sister and another 26-year-old man. Despite officers finding at least 13 bullet holes in the vehicle parked near the intersection of Aurora Avenue and Dale Stre