Search begins for man accused of killing his pregnant wife while on parole for murder

A search is underway for a Minnesota man who was recently released on parole for murder after being accused of killing his pregnant wife and linked to another shooting.

Mychel Stowers, 36, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the Oct. 19 shooting that killed Damara Alexis Kirkland, 35, who was about two months pregnant.

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Officers responding to reports of shots fired found Kirkland’s body lying on the ground. There were ultrasound photographs in the apartment and a letter addressed to Stowers in the mailbox, according to the probable cause statement filed Thursday.

Stowers had been released on parole in March for a second degree murder charge in the shooting death of a St. Paul man in 2008. He was on work release and living in a halfway house, but had been granted a pass to visit a woman described in the probable cause statement as his ex-wife on day of the shooting.

Stowers filed for divorce in June, although it does not appear to have been finalized, other court records show.

A search is underway for a Minnesota man who was recently released on parole for murder after being accused of killing his pregnant wife and linked to another shooting. (Fox News)

The apartment owner said Kirkland’s ex-husband lived with her, which was not allowed because it was not in the lease. The owner said she was going to be evicted, according to the statement.

Minutes after the Kirkland shooting was reported, officers responded to a nearby carjacking and found a 36-year-old man on the ground, wounded. The man said he left the keys in the ignition of his car with the engine running while he went out to throw trash in the trash.

He said a man matching Stowers’ description approached and shot him, with the bullet breaking his femur. The gunman also shot at someone who was with the victim, but missed.

The shooter fled but later returned and stole the vehicle, according to the release. A preliminary analysis shows the gun used in the carjacking was the same one used in the Kirkland shooting.

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Later that day, a Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office employee received a call from Stowers. Stowers told the employee that he had just shot someone and wanted to turn himself in, according to the statement.

But he has not done so and the stolen vehicle was recovered Thursday in a parking lot, according to the release.