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A 17-year-old is facing second-degree murder charges connected to a Jan. 10 fatal shooting in St. Paul. The investigation of that case led to the no-knock search warrant entry last week by Minneapolis police where 

The 17-year-old charged Tuesday in the St. Paul shooting is Locke's cousin, documents say. He was arrested in Winona in southeastern Minnesota.

Prosecutors intend to file a petition to certify him to stand trial as an adult in the killing of Otis Elder, 38. MPR News is not naming the teen until that happens.

At a hearing Tuesday afternoon, Ramsey County Judge Stephen L. Smith ordered the teen detained, with a hearing set for Feb. 15. Smith ruled that teen a danger to public safety based on the juvenile petition. 

Warrants connected to the Locke killing were set to be unsealed Tuesday. While Smith ordered Ramsey County search warrants to be unsealed, he said  a Hennepin County judge would have to unseal and warrants there.

of Locke inside a downtown apartment shows a SWAT team entering the apartment with a key, without knocking, shouting “police search warrant” several times as officers enter and then quickly approach a couch with a figure wrapped in a blanket.

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Protesters march in downtown Minneapolis, calling for justice for Amir Locke

The video shows Locke, 22, apparently waking up as officers yell. He can be seen stirring from the blanket and then holding a gun as he starts to move just before he is shot, roughly nine seconds after the police enter.

Locke’s parents and their attorneys on Friday slammed the actions of 

Minneapolis police seen on the body camera video

 their son, a deep sleeper, was a law-abiding gun owner with no criminal history and a legal permit to carry.

Separately Tuesday, students across the Twin Cities marched to the governor’s mansion in St. Paul to demand justice for Locke. The group, led by the nonprofit MN Teen Activists, also called for a ban on all no-knock warrants and the resignation of the mayor of Minneapolis and the city's interim police chief.

MPR News reporter Nina Moini contributed to this report.

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A 17-year-old is facing murder charges connected to a Jan. 10 fatal shooting in St. Paul. The investigation of that case led to the no-knock police entry last week in Minneapolis where an officer killed Amir Locke. The 17-year-old is Locke's cousin, documents say.

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