Minneapolis man gets 27-year term for nightclub shooting

Marquan Deshaun Tucker, 21, will spend 27 years and five months behind bars for his role in a fatal shooting outside a Minneapolis nightclub. A judge issued the 329-month sentence on Tuesday after Tucker pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree murder earlier this year. He will receive credit for 696 days already served.

Patrick Henderson, 26, was shot near the intersection of 26th Avenue and North Second Street around 4:20 a.m. on July 30, 2023. He died at the scene. Court records identify Henderson as a reported member of the Lows gang. Prosecutors allege Tucker, a member of the rival Highs gang, helped arrange the killing to settle a feud between the two groups.

Investigators interviewed two witnesses in 2025 who claimed Tucker told them he had fired the shots. Digital evidence supported those accounts. Police recovered Tucker's phone from the area during the incident. Records show he was messaging friends on Facebook about attending the party where the shooting took place. He left the scene quickly after the gunfire.

Tucker also created a Facebook video screen recording of Henderson lying on the ground. The clip included captions celebrating the death. His phone was located in the vicinity at the time of the shooting, and he departed the location promptly afterward.

The verdict resolves one of three murder cases pending against Tucker. He also faces charges in the 2022 killing of a man at the Mall of America, where he allegedly blocked a store entrance to trap the victim. A third case involves the 2024 shooting death of another alleged Lows member in Brooklyn Park. Those trials remain ongoing.