Man charged in homicide outside Catholic Charities was involved in prior assaults on site

A man who fatally assaulted a man outside St. Paul’s largest homeless shelter was involved in past violent incidents on campus, charging documents allege.

Jerry Jovan Harris, 37, is charged with counts of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of 61-year-old Isaiah Wilson earlier this month.

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A criminal complaint describes Harris “sucker punching” Wilson the evening of Aug. 3 outside the Catholic Charities Higher Ground Shelter on Dorothy Day Place.

When Higher Ground staff found Wilson unconscious and not breathing, they thought he had overdosed and administered Narcan. A review of security video revealed he had be...