MN shoots pregnant ex-wife months after release from prison: charges

St. PAUL, Minnesota (FOX 9) – A man who had just been released from prison months ago after serving time for murder has now been charged in two separate shootings including fatally shot his pregnant ex-wife in St. Paul and the carjacking that followed the murder.

What we know

Mitchell Stowers, 36, is charged with second-degree murder and murder of an unborn child in the Oct. 19 fatal shooting. He also faces charges of first-degree carjacking and second-degree assault in connection with a second shooting that night.

According to the complaint, police responded to Sycamore Street East on the night of Oct. 19 for a report of shots fired at an apartment. Inside, they found the victim slumped on the floor. Police later identified the victim as Damaru Alexis Stowers.

Minutes later, police responded to a report of a shooting during a carjacking on Acker Street – two blocks from the scene of the murder. In that shooting, the victim suffered a gunshot wound to the leg as the suspect fled in his Audi.

Officers say Michael Stowers matched witness descriptions of the suspect in both shootings. Later that night, according to the charges, Mychel Stowers called the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office and admitted to shooting someone, promising to turn himself in but never doing so.

Background

The complaint says Stowers was released from prison in March and was allowed to visit his ex-wife at her home on Sycamore Street.

Stowers was fired after serving 16 years in prison for the 2008 murder. FOX 9 archives show he was arrested in the drug-related shooting death of Antonio Simms in the parking lot of JJ Fish & Chicken on University Avenue.

what’s next

It looks like Stowers is still on the run after back-to-back shootouts. He was charged in both shootings.