Woman charged in downtown Minneapolis hit-and-run

MINNEAPOLIS — A 22-year-old woman has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run in downtown Minneapolis over the weekend which killed a teenage girl and injured five others.

Latalia Margalli was charged with one count of second-degree murder and five counts of second-degree assault, according to documents filed in Hennepin County Tuesday.

De'Miaya Broome, 16, was with a group of people on the intersection of Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue early Saturday morning. A fight broke out, and Margalli allegedly got in her car, drove the wrong way down Fifth Street and through a crowd of a dozen people, investigators said.

A victim told police Margalli threatened to shoot the group she was arguing with before getting into her car. One witness told police he saw the car drive into the crowd and the driver "didn't hit her brakes or nothing," the complaint states.

Margalli continued to drive through downtown, but was followed by witnesses and stopped by law enforcement on the 2300 block of Bryant Avenue North. She was booked into Hennepin County Jail and remains in custody.

De'Miaya Broome was taken to the hospital, where she later died. Four of the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and a 29-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries, officials said. The complaint states the surviving victims suffered injuries ranging from "bumps and bruises to broken legs and a head injury."

"A really, really good kid"

After the fatal hit-and-run, De'Miaya Broome's father Juan spent time at the county attorney's office asking about potential charges, hoping that his daughter gets justice.

The teenager loved to draw, write poetry and spend time with her family, he said.

"De'Miaya was a really, really good kid," Juan Broome said. "She had the biggest heart."

He added that she loved to spend time with all her nieces and nephews, and enjoyed going to her grandmother's house.

Her funeral is planned for Sept. 24 in Brooklyn Park.