Duluth man pleads guilty in 2024 attempted murder case
A guilty plea cleared the way for sentencing after Demetrius Remond Norwood admitted firing at a woman as she drove away in Duluth.
A Duluth man who fired two shots at a woman leaving her home has pleaded guilty, ending the case’s path toward a trial on attempted second-degree murder with intent and shifting the fight to sentencing.
Demetrius Remond Norwood, 36, admitted the charge in St. Louis County District Court after prosecutors said he ran toward the woman’s vehicle, threatened her and opened fire during a 2024 confrontation in Duluth. One bullet struck the trunk as she drove away, a detail that underscores how close the attack came to turning fatal.
The plea carries immediate consequences for Norwood, the victim and the public. It resolves the attempted-murder count without a full trial, gives the case a formal finding of accountability and sets the next step in court for July 6, 2026. At that hearing, a judge will decide the sentence under Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines, with Norwood’s criminal history also factored into the outcome.
For the woman involved, the plea means she will not have to relive the case through a contested trial on the central charge. For St. Louis County prosecutors, it avoids a lengthy courtroom process in a violent felony case where the evidence, including the shooting itself, was strong enough to support a negotiated resolution instead of a jury fight.
The case also fits a broader pattern in Duluth and St. Louis County, where serious violent-crime prosecutions often end in pleas before a final sentence is imposed. In one recent Duluth case, Tyler Walter Edwards pleaded guilty in April to second-degree unintentional murder, with sentencing set for June 15, 2026. In another, Tristan St. Clair received 240 months in prison after pleading guilty to attempted second-degree murder.
Those outcomes show how county prosecutors handle major violent cases: first secure the conviction or plea, then return to court for the punishment phase. Norwood’s July 6 hearing will determine how much prison time he faces, and whether the sentence reflects the threat prosecutors said he posed when he fired at a fleeing car in Duluth.
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