A 19-year-old man faces charges in the fatal shooting of a St. Olaf College football player last week.

The criminal complaint says that there were six people including football player Matthew Lee gathered in an upstairs bedroom of a South St. Paul home around 3:45 a.m. on Friday.

The 19-year-old and another man were both comparing their guns, the complaint says. The other man with a gun left the room with two others and told them he was going to rob the 19-year-old when he returned to the bedroom.

He then returned and pointed his gun at the 19-year-old, saying "I need you to give me all that s***," documents say.

The 19-year-old then fell backwards onto the bed, fired once into the ceiling and then fired his gun multiple times from a crouched position, charges say. He hit the man w

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