HAM Crazy Gang Member Sentenced to 168 Months’ Imprisonment for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

MINNEAPOLIS - United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Casey Jemar Davis, 32, was sentenced to 168 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Davis was sentenced before Chief U.S. District Judge Eric C. Tostrud on October 22, 2026.

Chief Judge Tostrud also imposed 24 months' imprisonment consecutive to the 168-month sentence for Davis violating his terms of federal supervised release from a 2018 federal firearms-related conviction. (The 168-month sentence included a 12-month credit from the statutory maximum of 180 months to account for the time Davis had already served in custody.)

According to court documents, on July 28, 2022, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Davis was involved in a verbal altercation with Person 1 and several other men. Davis and the men were standing next to an SUV in the parking lot of a sports bar near the corner of North 4th Street and North 1st Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, after a fight that occurred inside the bar.

Davis possessed a .40-caliber Glock firearm equipped with a switch and an inserted high-capacity magazine. The switch on Davis's firearm is a machinegun conversion device that enabled the firearm to fire in fully automatic mode with a single trigger pull.

Davis's firearm with a high-capacity magazine

Davis's firearm with a switch convertor

Person 1, co-defendant Cleveland Longmire, and another person with Person 1, were also in possession of firearms. Surveillance video showed that Person 1 held a firearm in his right hand that was pointed to the ground. Longmire raised his firearm and discharged it towards the ground near Person 1.

As Person 1 turned and began to run away, Davis shot Person 1 with Davis's firearm in the back, legs, and arms multiple times, killing Person 1. Two innocent bystanders in the parking lot were also hit by Davis's gunfire. Davis and Longmire then placed their firearms under the driver's seat of the SUV. Davis got in another vehicle and drove away from the scene as police arrived, while Longmire walked away from the scene.

During a warrant-authorized search of the SUV, police located the two firearms under the driver's seat and Longmire's ID on the driver's seat. Law enforcement recovered over twenty .40-caliber casings from the parking lot that were forensically determined to have been fired from Davis's firearm, and three 9mm casings that were determined to have been fired from Longmire's firearm. Person 1's firearm was not fired.

Davis's and Longmire's firearms under the seat of the SUV

Davis was on fugitive warrant status for nearly two-and-one-half years. On or about February 20, 2025, police located and arrested Davis in St. Paul, Minnesota, on state and federal charges related to the July 28, 2022, shooting. At the time of his arrest, Davis possessed another firearm also equipped with a switch and an extended magazine.

Davis's additional firearm that was found during his February 2025 arrest

Davis has multiple prior felony convictions, including the June 2018 federal conviction for a firearms-related offense, for which he was previously sentenced to 50 months' imprisonment, and for which he was on federal supervised release for about six months at the time of the July 2022 shooting. In January 2026, Davis was sentenced to 294 months' imprisonment in Hennepin County District Court after pleading guilty to second-degree unintentional murder for the July 2022 killing of Person 1, and to two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.

Davis's co-defendant, Cleveland Longmire, was previously sentenced to 90 months in prison on January 9, 2024.

Both Davis and Longmire are known members of the HAM Crazy criminal street gang, which has a long history of endangering the lives and safety of innocent bystanders and the community because many of the shootings they were involved in occurred in public venues.

During the sentencing hearing, Chief Judge Tostrud noted that Davis's conduct was "brutal, inhumane, and sadistic," and found that Davis represents a "great threat to public safety" and acted with "total disregard for the law and the safety of the community."

"This defendant had no regard for life and killed a man while shooting his firearm in a crowded place. This case reflects the strong partnership between federal and local law enforcement to protect public safety," said United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen.

"The Minneapolis Police Department is grateful to U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen and his office and to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and her office for their partnership in bringing Davis to justice. Davis fired a machine gun into a crowd, killing one person and injuring two others. His utter disregard for the sanctity of human life warrants the highest federal sentence allowed by law in addition to the sentence already given in Hennepin County," said Minneapolis Police Department Interim Chief Bill Peterson.

"Today's sentencing holds the defendant accountable for firing more than 20 rounds from a firearm equipped with a machinegun conversion device in a crowded parking lot, killing one person and putting many others at significant risk," said ATF Special Agent in Charge Joseph Persails, of the St. Paul Field Division. "I am proud of the diligent work of ATF agents who built a thorough investigation that helped bring justice to the victim and the community. This sentence reinforces a clear message that individuals who commit violent acts with illegal firearms will face serious consequences."

This case was the result of an investigation by ATF and the Minneapolis Police Department, with assistance from other law enforcement partners, including the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.

Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Bejar prosecuted the case.