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Vicious Minneapolis gangster is arrested in murder-for-hire killing of rapper Momoh’s realtor girlfriend who was lured to a fake home showing before being kidnapped and shot dead on New Year’s Eve

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Fugitive mastermind is arrested after five months in murder-for-hire killing of rapper Momoh&&num;8217&semi;s realtor girlfriend <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>The plot involving possibly eight people led to local gangster Cedric Berry being charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the attack that killed Monique Baugh on Dec 31 in Minneapolis<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Berry&comma; 41&comma; is accused shooting dead Baugh&comma; 28&comma; girlfriend of rapper Momoh who wrote song featuring Nipsey Hussle and had just posted a clip of hundred dollar bills spinning in a laundry dryer after signing a recording contract <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Monique Baugh&comma; 28&comma; a Minneapolis realtor and girlfriend of rapper Momoh&comma; was lured to a phony house showing&comma; kidnapped and fatally shot in the face<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Davis was indicted along with co-conspirator Cedric Berry&comma; 41&comma; on first-degree murder charges for the killing of Monique Baugh<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>She was abducted&comma; tortured and shot three times in alley in Minneapolis on New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Baugh was killed just hours after  a masked gunman believed to be Berry entered Momoh&&num;8217&semi;s home and shot the rapper&comma;with his two toddlers daughters nearby<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Investigators say the elaborate plot involved at least eight people&comma; including Berry&&num;8217&semi;s wife Shante Davis and Elsa Segura&comma; a former probation officer <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Momoh&comma; who had just recorded song featuring Nipsey Hussle&comma; told cops he believed that he was targeted after flaunting &&num;8216&semi;a lot of money&&num;8217&semi; on his social media  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;543a3a&semi;"><strong>Investigators are looking at a dispute over a record deal between Momoh and a friend who has not been mentioned <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitRight">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-345727" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Berry-Davis-left-killed-Monique-Baugh-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Berry Davis &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; killed Monique Baugh &lbrack;right&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"669" height&equals;"443" &sol;><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Berry Davis&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was arrested in early May in Chicago&comma; five months after allegedly taking part in a murder-for-hire plot in Minneapolis that left Monique Baugh &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; dead<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>A fugitive wanted for the late December killing of <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Minneapolis <&sol;span>based rapper Momoh&&num;8217&semi;s girlfriend in Minneapolis in an elaborate murder-for-hire plot has been arrested in Illinois after a months-long search&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Berry Davis&comma; 41&comma; and another alleged co-conspirator&comma; Cedric Berry&comma; also 41&comma; have been indicted on first-degree murder charges for their alleged roles in Monique Baugh&&num;8217&semi;s kidnapping and killing on New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Real estate agent Baugh&comma; 28&comma; was lured to a phony home showing in Maple Grove&comma; a Minneapolis suburb&comma; abducted in a U-Haul truck&comma; and found shot dead in an alley&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She had possibly been tortured before she was shot three times on New Years&&num;8217&semi;s Eve&comma; according to prosecutors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Text&lowbar;Body">Five months after Monique Baugh was killed&comma; authorities eventually arrested Berry Davis&comma; who had been a fugitive since slipping out of a St&period; Louis Park hotel as police were closing on January 2&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Davis&&num;8217&semi; arrest in Illinois was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the product of strong and dogged investigative work&comma;” police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Davis and another alleged co-conspirator&comma; Cedric Berry&comma; have been indicted on first-degree murder charges for their role in Baugh’s kidnapping and killing on New Year’s Eve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-345751" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Rapper-Momoh-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rapper Momoh 1" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"540" &sol;>The plot targeted Baugh&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend&comma; Minnesota rapper Jon Mitchell-Momoh&comma; aka rapper Momoh &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; Momoh survived his gunshot injuries <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Baugh’s slaying gained widespread publicity for its brutality and twists and turns outlined in court filings&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">At least eight people were involved in varying degrees in the plot revolving around a dispute over a record deal between Baugh&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend&comma; Minnesota rapper Jon Mitchell-Momoh&comma; known by his stage name Momoh&comma; and a fellow rapper&comma; investigators said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police believe Momoh was the intended victim of the alleged plot&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was shot and wounded at the couple&&num;8217&semi;s home while their two young children were nearby&period; The children were not hurt&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspected gunman is in federal custody on an unrelated charge&comma; according to authorities&period; So far&comma; no official charges have been filed against him in the Baugh case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-345730" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Rapper-Momohs-house-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rapper Momoh's house 1" width&equals;"747" height&equals;"364" &sol;><strong>Momoh was shot multiple times by a masked gunman inside the home&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; that he and Baugh shared with their two children in Minneapolis <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Realtor Monique Baugh&comma; 28&comma; was found &&num;8216&semi;gravely injured&&num;8217&semi; from gunshot wounds in an alley in Minneapolis on December 31&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Berry&comma; who has previous convictions for drug dealing and possession&comma; reportedly bound her hands before shooting her in the face and torso at close range&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Berry has also been charged with the attempted murder of Baugh&&num;8217&semi;s boyfriend rapper Momoh the same day&period; Police said Berry had entered Baugh&&num;8217&semi;s home wearing a black mask and shot at Momoh while the musician was with his two daughters&comma; aged one and three&comma; at around 5&period;30pm on New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The rapper&comma; who who had just released a song featuring the late Nipsey Hussle&comma; was allegedly shot multiple times before Berry fled the home&period; Momoh survived and called police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Around an hour later&comma; three gun shots were reported four miles away from Momoh&&num;8217&semi;s home&period; Responding officers arrived to find Baugh &&num;8216&semi;gravely injured&&num;8217&semi; from three gunshot wounds in the alley&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Momoh told detectives he believed that he was targeted either because he had been flaunting &&num;8216&semi;a lot of money&&num;8217&semi; on his social media accounts or that people suspected him of cooperating with police&comma; according to court filings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Investigators later learned Momoh had a dispute with a former friend over a record deal and that man may have ordered the hit on him&comma; according to a warrant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-345732" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Cedric-Berry-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cedric Berry 1" width&equals;"573" height&equals;"733" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Davis was charged along with his alleged co-conspirator and brother-in-law Cedric Berry&comma; 41&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; Both men have been indicted on first-degree murder charges<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"Text&lowbar;Body">The case paints a complicated plot revolving around a dispute over a record deal between Baugh’s boyfriend and a fellow rapper&period; Police have said that at least eight people&comma; in varying roles&comma; were involved&comma; coordinating their actions by cellphone and walkie-talkie&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspected triggerman is in federal custody on an unrelated charge&comma; but so far no public charges have been filed against him in the Baugh case&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police believe that Baugh’s boyfriend&comma; Jon Mitchell-Momoh&comma; was the intended victim of the alleged plot&period; Less than an hour before Baugh’s death&comma; a masked gunman&comma; believed to be Berry&comma; walked into the couple’s North Side home and shot Mitchell-Momoh&comma; while the couple’s young children were nearby&comma; court records show&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Prosecutors previously charged Shante Davis &&num;8211&semi; Berry Davis&&num;8217&semi; sister and Cedric Berry&&num;8217&semi;s wife &&num;8211&semi; with being an accomplice after the fact&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">In mid-January&comma; Elsa Segura&comma; 28&comma; a former probation officer&comma; was charged with one count of kidnapping for allegedly luring Baugh to her death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the charges against Segura and Davis&comma; Baugh received a voice mail from an unknown phone number on December 29&comma; 2019&comma; from a woman named &&num;8216&semi;Lisa&&num;8217&semi; who requested a showing for a home&period; The caller said she wanted the showing &&num;8216&semi;maybe tomorrow morning&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-345752" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Elsa-Segura-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Elsa Segura 1" width&equals;"1127" height&equals;"1200" &sol;><strong>Elsa Segura&&num;8217&semi;s voice allegedly set up the hit<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Baugh later received several calls from that number which she &&num;8216&semi;found this very odd&period;&&num;8217&semi;  &&num;8216&semi;She expressed to others that she did not know how this person obtained her personal phone number&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the complaint&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police traced the phone number to Segura&comma; whose voice was &&num;8216&semi;verified by law enforcement personnel who were personally familiar with her&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Baugh arrived to a house viewing in Maple Grove at around 3pm&period; A short time later&comma; a U-Haul truck parked near the garage of the property&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;CCTV footage was said to have captured a person appearing to force another into the back of the van before departing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;Ermias-Asghedom-aka-Nipsey-Hussle-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C650&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" width&equals;"658" height&equals;"690" &sol;>Before the incident Rapper Momoh&comma; had recorded a song featuring the late Nipsey Hussle &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; told cops he believed that he was targeted after flaunting &&num;8216&semi;a lot of money&&num;8217&semi; on his social media<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"external-source-links" class&equals;"item" data-track-module&equals;"am-external-links&Hat;external-links">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 id&equals;"&quot&semi;companionAd&quot&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-345754" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Elsa-Segura-Berry-Davis-and-Cedric-Berry-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Elsa Segura&comma; Berry Davis and Cedric Berry 1" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><strong>Elsa Segura&comma; Berry Davis and Cedric Berry all are currently in custody&comma; awaiting prosecution for their role n the killing of Monique Baugh five months ago<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>Baugh reportedly had her hands bound before being shot in the face and torso at a close range&period; Found fatally injured in an alley at around 6&period;30pm on Jan 1&comma; she later died at a local hospital&period; Momoh survived being shot in the presence of his two toddlers and has since recovered from his injuries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">When he was taken into custody Police found a black mask and 13 bags of suspected heroin inside Berry&&num;8217&semi;s car&period;  He is being held in jail on &dollar;2million bail pending his next court appearance scheduled for August 31&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">The high bail bond police said was due to his &&num;8216&semi;extensive criminal history and the danger he poses to public safety&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Berry had previously been sentenced to five years in jail in 2001 after a passenger in his vehicle shot and killed a rival gang member&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">He also has previous convictions for drug dealing&comma; drug possession&comma; aggravated robbery&comma; illegal weapons possession and fleeing police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Segura remains in jail on &dollar;1 million bail&comma; while Shante Davis has been transferred to another facility&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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