Duluth teen convicted of shooting childhood friend, killing him in 2022

DULUTH – A 19-year-old Duluth man who fatally shot his childhood friend during a July 2022 argument in Endion Township was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison Tuesday in St. Louis County Court.

According to court documents, witnesses said Aubid-St. Clair went to Young's apartment to fight. Young came outside with his hand in a messenger bag slung over his chest and shoulder. To Aubid-St. Clair said Young's gun wasn't real, Young pulled the slide and shot him in the face from about 10 feet away. The victim fell to the sidewalk and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Young, who turned himself in, claimed self-defense.

“I felt threatened,” Young reportedly told the arresting officers. “He said I was a snitch and stuff. I didn’t know what to do.”

In an obituary for Aubid-St. Clair, his family said they would miss his smile.