Shortly after Marcus Johnson got into the front seat of a car to sell marijuana to someone he had connected with on Snapchat, he was in a bad situation, according to an account given to St. Paul police.

In addition to the teen driver, he discovered a second male in the back seat. Soon both pointed guns at him.

Johnson lifted up his shirt to reveal his own firearm and attempted to exit the vehicle, according to the account given to police, but they shot him before he had the chance.

That’s the story one of the teens gave police after both were arrested last Thursday. The arrests came five days after Johnson’s body was found in a pool of blood near the East Side intersection of Ross Avenue and Kennard Street.

Arthur Antonio McGraw, 16, and Rasheem Shacor Jones, 17, each face two counts of second-degree murder, according to juvenile petitions filed Monday in Ramsey County District Court.

PART OF INCIDENT CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO

Officers were able to obtain video surveillance footage from nearby businesses that captured part of the encounter on the night of Feb. 15.

The footage shows Johnson arrive at the scene, exit his vehicle and approach a silver Corolla, which police discovered had been recently stolen, according to the petitions. After walking to the passenger side of the vehicle, Johnson went out of the camera’s view.

The footage then shows the Corolla take off at a high speed, and return shortly thereafter and park on Bush Street. Two males are seen exiting the vehicle and walking toward Johnson as he lies on the ground, court documents say.

‘SOMETHING REALLY BAD’

Police searched a nearby resident’s home five days later after finding a glove in the outside garbage bin that matched one found at the scene.

They interviewed a woman who lived there, and she told them her son had some friends over the evening of the shooting, including Jones and McGraw. Her son told her later that night that he kicked them out because they did “something really bad,” the petitions said.

The woman confronted Jones and McGraw a few days afterward and told officers that both told her they shot Johnson.

The teens were arrested later that day along with an 18-year-old who was released without being charged after police were told he wasn’t involved in the shooting.

Jones said the robbery plan had been McGraw’s idea. Jones said he fired twice at Johnson and McGraw shot once after Johnson revealed he had a firearm and tried to get out their vehicle, the petitions say.

McGraw said he spent Feb. 15 hanging out with friends in Oakdale. When asked about the murder, McGraw asked for an attorney and the interview ended, court documents say.

Investigators verified that Johnson’s last SnapChat communication had been to McGraw, court documents say.