Shooting in St. Paul kills 2, injures 3 others
Updated: Feb. 27, 9:24 a.m. | Posted: Feb. 25, 8:09 p.m.
Police are investigating after a shooting in the Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul left two people dead and three injured Saturday. The St. Paul Police Department says the suspect is still at large.
One victim was pronounced dead by St. Paul Fire medics and another victim was pronounced dead at United Hospital, according to the police department.
St. Paul Police spokesperson Sgt. Mike Ernster says the shooting happened in an apartment building near Dale Street North and University Avenue as a celebration of life gathering was ending.
Police don't believe it was a random shooting.
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Two victims were being treated at Regions Hospital, a man in critical condition and the other a woman in stable condition. Another woman is being treated for non life-threatening injuries at United Hospital.
It came a day after three teens were shot and wounded in a separate incident at the Wellstone Center on Robie Street on the city’s west side. They were attending a post-funeral reception for 15-year-old Devin Scott, who was killed in a stabbing at Harding High School earlier this month.
Mayor Melvin Carter spoke a news conference late Saturday night. He said the city had been doing a lot to combat violence, but more work needs to be done.
“We're tired of the words disgusted and senseless and frustrating, and we're tired of having to figure out how to put how to wrap words around violence,” Carter said. “Every one of our neighbors, every one of our community members, deserves to live in a community free of violence and free of fear of violence.”
These are the fourth and fifth homicides in St. Paul so far this year, according to police.
Gov. Tim Walz commented on the gun violence in a tweet Saturday night, saying he is “committed to increasing public safety funding, getting illegal guns off the streets, and addressing gang activity to curb the cycle of violence.”