Hinckley teen to be tried as adult in Nudieland mass shooting that left one dead

The teen allegedly behind the 2023 mass shooting at a Minneapolis punk show that left one dead and injured six others will be tried as an adult in Hennepin County Court.

Dominic Burris , 18, of Hinckley, is facing seven felony charges, including 2nd-degree murder for the killing of Nicholas "August" Golden, 35. He was initially arrested and charged in April as a juvenile due to being a minor at the time of the shooting, but the courts decided on Monday to have him face trial as an adult.

Another 17-year-old, Cyrell E. Boyd , was arrested for aiding and abetting in the shooting but remains in juvenile court.

The shooting took place on Aug. 11, 2023, during a concert held at the DIY punk house outside of the East Phillips neighborhood known as "Nudieland."

According to the charges, shots were fired in the back yard of the punk house on the 2200 block of 16th Avenue South. When officers arrived, they found Golden and six other people suffering from gunshot wounds.

The mass shooting occurred as a local band was finishing a concert for a crowd of 30-50 people. According to witnesses, a majority of the people at the concert were part of the LGBTQ+ community and had not recognized Burris or Boyd, who were boyj allegedly making homophobic comments about the community before the shooting.

Golden died shortly after police arrived after being shot in the back. The other victims suffered from a range of wounds, with one victim being shot in his thigh and another who had to have one of his kidneys removed after being shot in the torso. The bullet injured his appendix, intestine, and liver, according to the charges.

One of the aggravating factors of trying Burris as an adult, prosecutors argued, was that the homophobic comments he and Boyd made before the shooting suggest it was a motivating factor.

One concert-goer said she and another witness were at a party when she met Burris and Boyd. She said that the two attempted to flirt with her and that they made "insensitive" comments when she rejected their advances and explained she was a lesbian.

She described the situation as "hostile" and said that after she commented on the fact they had guns, one of them said: "We're not going to use the gun or anything, but if need be, we will."

Other witnesses at the party reported they overheard Burris and Boyd use "derogatory epithets" about the sexual orientation of the concert attendees. The first witness said that after they had spoken, the two stayed at the concert for a little while before leaving and turning north.

According to the charges, about 30 seconds later, she heard gunshots. A second witness corroborates this, saying, "seconds [later], not even a full minute," after she saw the two leave, gunshots could be heard.

Reports indicated the shots came from a yard next door, just north of where victims were gathered. A third witness saw Burris and Boyd walking along a fence in the neighboring yard, directly north of the yard where the concert was being held right before the shooting started.

An investigation of the scene would later recover nine discharged cartridge casings in the yard to the north. Officers recovered eight 9mm caliber casings and one .380 caliber casing, which means two guns were used.

Investigators were able to find surveillance videos from around the time and location of the shooting, which caught two men matching the description of Burris and Boyd as they were walking together in the area of the Little Earth neighborhood approximately an hour before the shooting.

According to court documents, Burris is still being held in juvenile detention, but his first court appearance as an adult will be on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. No lawyer has been assigned to him at this time.

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