Plymouth Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Shoe Sale Killing
A deadly shooting following an arranged sale of high-end sneakers has resulted in a 23-year sentence for a Plymouth man.
A Hennepin County District Court judge this week sentenced Augustus Sirleaf, 20, who admitted to fatally shooting a teenage boy after arranging a meetup to sell a pair of designer shoes with the intent of robbing the victim. Sirleaf pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
According to the sentencing terms, Sirleaf will serve two-thirds of the sentence in prison. That’s approximately another 14 1/2 years in prison with credit for time served since his arrest. The balance of the sentence will be on supervised release.
Seventeen-year-old Yaseen Johnson, a Rogers High School student, was shot and killed in November 2022 outside the Four Seasons Estates apartment complex in Plymouth. Court records show Sirleaf and a second suspect arranged to meet Johnson at the apartment complex through a sale of Balenciaga designer sneakers with the intent of robbing him.
photo of Yaseen Johnson
The second suspect, Hans Madave, 20, of New Hope, agreed in November to plead guilty to a second-degree murder charge in exchange for a lighter sentence. Madave remains jailed and is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 10.
