Deshaun Hill murder: Cody Fohrenkam retrial starts Monday

Explosive scene during Cody Fohrenkam hearing

Cody Fohrenkam made his first court appearance on Tuesday as the case restarts after his murder conviction in the killing of Minneapolis North athlete Deshaun Hill was thrown out. Within seconds of the case being called, Hill's family lashed out at Fohrenkam, berating him and threatening him. They were immediately ushered out of the courtroom as additional deputies arrived to secure the courtroom.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The man convicted of murdering Minneapolis North High School standout athlete Deshaun Hill Jr. is getting a new trial in Hennepin County Court, and it starts with jury selection Monday.

Cody Fohrenkam gets new trial

What we know:

Cody Fohrenkam was found guilty in the 2022 shooting death of Hill, who was 15 years old at the time. Fohrenkam was convicted in January 2023, and sentenced to 38.5 years a month later.

Deshaun Hill killing: Cody Fohrenkam sentenced in teen's murder

Cody Fohrenkam has been sentenced to 38.5 years for the murder of standout Minneapolis North student-athlete Deshaun Hill Jr during a contentious hearing on Tuesday. Fohrenkam was found guilty in January of second-degree intentional murder and second-degree unintentional felony murder for gunning down 15-year-old Hill in February 2022 not far from the Minneapolis North Community High School.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals threw out that murder conviction, citing that prosecutors "committed prejudicial misconduct during arguments" and that the state failed to show Fohrenkam’s statements were lawfully obtained.

The Court of Appeals found Fohrenkam was illegally detained on a separate matter in Carlton County, which held him until Minneapolis investigators could arrive and question him about Hill’s death. The jury watched a 19-minute interrogation of Fohrenkam during his trial, then took less than hour to convict him.

Deshaun Hill fatally shot

The backstory:

Hill, a standout student-athlete at Minneapolis North, was shot and killed by a lone gunman on Feb. 9, 2022. Surveillance video in the area shows Hill in a walking boot from a prior injury, brushing past the shooter several blocks from the North High campus during the day. Authorities say the two were close enough to "possibly brush shoulders."

The shooter then paused, turned and fired three shots before fleeing the area. Fohrenkam was arrested, charged and convicted of Hill’s murder.