AUSTIN, Minn. – An arrest warrant was issued for an Austin man in the slaying of 20-year-old woman found fatally wounded in a home in northwest Austin early Saturday. Named in the warrant: Me’Darian Ledale McGruder, 27. The charge: Second-degree murder. His whereabouts were unknown, said Police Chief David Mckichan. The victim, TyEsha Tahne Gills, was found wounded in the house. She died at the Austin hospital.

McGruder. Has Austin police record from 2020 for brandishing a handgun.