Strip club murder suspect hid gun discreetly, owner says

MINNEAPOLIS -- The suspect in a strip club killing snuck the murder weapon past security by hiding it near her crotch, according to the club's owner, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Jasmine N. Jones turned herself in to police, according to CBS Minnesota, after shooting and killing 32-year-old Lakisha Marie Neal, just after 1 a.m. Saturday.

The owner of Augie's Cabaret, Brian Michael, told the Star Tribune that although the club has security personnel, extensive video surveillance and a metal detector, Jones apparently evaded detection "by concealing her firearm in her crotch area."

"There are gender sensitivities when searching a woman. ... She took advantage of that. [How she hid the gun] was outside of our imagination," Michael told the newspaper.

Michael said Jones, 29, set off the metal detector and she was asked whether she had a fiream.

"We did not grab her crotch area," Michael said.

After entering the club, Jones and Neal allegedly had a brief altercation before Neal was shot once in the head.

Jones is charged with second-degree murder.