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Authorities have charged two men with breaking into a south Minneapolis man's home and killing him. Laura Yuen reports.

Twenty-five-year-old Shea Stremcha died July 20th from a single gunshot wound to his heart. His girlfriend told police they were sleeping when she woke up to the sound of breaking glass. 

According to the criminal complaint, Stremcha went to check it out with a knife and was gunned down outside the bedroom.

Police say they were able to trace blood and fingerprints from the scene to Robert Shelby and Semaj Williams. Both men were arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree murder.

Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Emmanuel Shelby of St. Paul and 21-year-old Semaj Williams are accused in the July 20 shooting death of a man in his Longfellow neighborhood house.

Two charged in Shea Stremcha's shooting death

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