UPDATE: One of teens charged in drive-by shooting enters guilty plea
(ABC 6 News) – UPDATE: Christian Avery Miller pleaded guilty in two shooting cases Wednesday, May 29.
According to Minnesota Court Records Online, Miller, 20, pleaded guilty to one charge of dangerous weapons–drive-by shooting toward an occupied motor vehicle or building in a September 2023 attempted murder case.
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He also pleaded guilty to simple robbery in a separate aiding/abetting shooting case from September of 2023.
According to Miller’s plea agreement, he will be released ahead of sentencing Aug. 5, but will abide by GPS monitoring and any other pre-trial conditions or classes Dodge and Olmsted County advises.
Miller’s plea agreement states that he will move for a downward departure, or comparatively light sentence.
Miller’s co-defendant in both shooting cases, Anthony Lavell Frazier Jr., is scheduled to appear on aiding/abetting shooting charges in July of this year, and on attempted murder charges in October.
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(ABC 6 News) — One of the Rochester teens accused in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 25, 2023 will argue self defense at trial, according to court documents filed Tuesday, May 28.
Christian Avery Miller and Anthony Lavell Frazier are each charged with first-degree attempted murder. Both were 19 at the time of the shooting.
According to the police report, one of the two victims said they were picking up their brother from these apartments. One of the victims, who was their brother, was allegedly struck by glass during the shootout.
The two brothers say they were shot at from a black 2009 Honda Accord, which witnesses say sped off after the shooting. Nine bullet holes were counted in the car after the shooting, according to the report.
The two are also accused of aiding and abetting an armed robbery and assault just days prior to the alleged shooting.
According to court documents, in the first shooting investigation, Rochester police met with a juvenile male who said he went to Oak Terrace to sell a video game console.
According to the juvenile, the buyers, allegedly including Frazier, Miller, and a 16-year-old opened the door of their car, told the juvenile to “give me everything you’ve got,” and shot at the juvenile’s car when he drove away.
The juvenile said the 16-year-old had a Louis Vuitton cross-body bag, from which he took a gun and fired at the juvenile’s car, according to court documents.
The 16-year-old was charged and allegedly told police Frazier was the driver, while Miller provided and took back the gun after the 16-year-old fired it.
Miller is scheduled to be tried on June 3 for the attempted homicide charges, and will argue self defense at trial, according to documents filed by his attorney, Michael Schatz.
Frazier is not scheduled to go to trial until October.