Crime & Safety
St. Paul Police Involved In Deadly Shooting In Rural MN
The St. Paul Police Department said that Thursday morning's shooting in Belle Plaine was connected to a homicide in Lowertown.
BELLE PLAINE, MN — St. Paul police officers say they were involved in a fatal shooting Thursday morning in the small town of Belle Plaine, located an hour southwest of the capital city.
No officers were injured in the shooting, which happened just after 6:30 a.m. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was tapped to investigate.
The incident is related to Wednesday evening's homicide in Lowertown, police said.
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Lowertown Shooting
At 5:18 p.m. Wednesday, St. Paul police officers were called to the 200 block of Kellogg Boulevard East for reports that someone was shot.
Officers found a woman lying in an alley suffering from apparent gunshot injuries. Medics responded and pronounced the woman deceased.
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Officers secured the area and began to look for witnesses, but it was determined that the suspect fled the area in a car.
Homicide, forensic, and video management investigators are working on the case. Anyone with information on the Lowertown incident is asked to call (651) 266-5650.
The shooting marked the nineteenth homicide of 2024 in St. Paul.
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