Cortez Lamon Shipp, Gun-Related Charges, Minnesota 2021

A Minneapolis man, Cortez Lamon Shipp, 40, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing ammunition as a felon during a shooting at a gas station.

The crime occurred on August 5, 2019, at a gas station near Lowry Avenue and Logan Avenue North in Minneapolis. Minneapolis police officers responded to a shots-fired call and found 11 discharged cartridge casings on the street in front of the gas station.

Video surveillance footage showed Cortez Lamon Shipp interacting with codefendant Johnnie Lamar Haynes outside the gas station following a prior confrontation Haynes had with two other men. Minutes later, the two other men involved in the confrontation circled the block in their vehicle and returned to the gas station. The footage showed Shipp pass an object to Haynes just before Haynes began shooting at the vehicle as it drove off.

A nearby business was in the line of Haynes’s gunfire and was struck by multiple rounds. Surveillance video footage from the business captured the bullets entering the building, causing employees to duck and take shelter.

Cortez Lamon Shipp pleaded guilty to one count of possessing ammunition as a felon on January 8, 2020. Because he has prior felony convictions in Hennepin County, Shipp is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition at any time.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Calhoun-Lopez, and the investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Minneapolis Police Department.

Defendant: Cortez Lamon Shipp, Age: 40, City: Minneapolis, State: Minnesota

Criminal Charges: Possessing Ammunition as a Felon

Date of Crime: August 5, 2019

Sentence: 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release

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