Kamau Evans, Illegal Firearm Possession, Minnesota 2024

A violent home invasion and gunfire exchange has led to federal charges against a Mankato man. On January 14, 2024, Kamau Evans, 31, broke into a south Minneapolis apartment by shattering a window and entered the woman’s bedroom. The woman and her two children fled the apartment after the man’s aggressive actions.

Evans then went to a second residence in north Minneapolis and broke into the home by shattering a sliding glass door. Once inside, Evans assaulted two of the residents with a firearm and brandished the firearm at a minor who was hiding inside a closet. Evans then held all three residents in the home against their will.

According to court documents, officers of the Minneapolis Police Department arrived at the residence and were able to pull one of the victims out of the house to safety. Officers entered the home behind a ballistic shield and as they were walking upstairs, Evans appeared in the stairwell and fired a shot at them. Evans then leaped out of a bathroom window and tried to escape through the backyard but was apprehended and arrested.

Officers recovered an SCCY model CPX-1 9mm semiautomatic pistol on the side of the garage where Evans was apprehended. Because Evans has prior felony convictions, he is prohibited under federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition at any time.

The complaint charges Evans with one count of possession of a firearm as a felon.

Evidence presented in court shows that on January 14, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kamau Evans, 31, was charged with one count of possession of a firearm as a felon. Evans currently awaits trial in federal court.

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