A St. Paul man faces state and federal charges in connection with a crash during a police pursuit in Minneapolis on Thursday morning that left two women dead and a child injured.

U.S. Department of Justice officials said 45-year-old Edward Tiki Arrington — who authorities said also uses the name Troy Mike Payton — faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years in prison if convicted on the federal charges. And they noted that “carjacking resulting in death is a death penalty-eligible crime.”

Arrington also faces three felony counts in state court in Hennepin County, with additional charges possible.

“Two young women should be alive today. Instead, their lives were cut short by a senseless crime committed by a career criminal,” Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joseph Thompson said in a news rel

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