Charges upgraded against South St. Paul accused of fatally shooting his 72-year-old roommate

A grand jury has indicted a -year-old man in the April fatal shooting of his -year-old roommate in their South St Paul apartment the Dakota County Attorney s Office explained Thursday The indictment charges Jacob John Audie with one count each of first-degree murder and second-degree intentional murder in connection with the killing of Michael Maurice Schille at an apartment building on th Avenue off Thompson Avenue Jacob John Audie Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff's Office Audie was previously charged with second-degree intentional murder not premeditated According to the criminal complaint Audie called about p m April and published that he had shot Schille Schille was determined in the back bedroom with a television remote in his hand he had a gunshot wound to the side of his face He was declared dead Police arrested Audie in the apartment building s parking lot He gave a comment to police saying he lived with Schille for the last year or two He noted he helped care for Schille and clean the apartment Audie noted he used Schille s AR- rifle to shoot the man once in the cheek area in Schille s bedroom according to the complaint which doesn t give a motive for the shooting Officers located an AR-style rifle in the living room Audie remains in custody at the Dakota County jail in lieu of million bail ahead of his next court hearing scheduled for Tuesday If convicted of first-degree murder he faces the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole Related Articles Jury convicts St Paul man in fatal shooting of Rice Street bar customer Condition of the last hospitalized Annunciation Church shooting victim has improved Fridley man gets life in prison for Coon Rapids triple murder Brazilian Supreme Court panel sentences Bolsonaro to more than years in prison for coup attempt Suspect in Trump assassination attempt veers off topic and forfeits opening comment at trial