Deadly St. Michael Fight at Center of Expose

The horrific story of the May 2010 night that left one man dead and a St. Michael man in trouble is back in the news again, as City Pages used the story of Alexander Tuomisto as the backbone of an expose on one-punch homicides in the region.

Tuomisto struck Adam Baker, a Stillwater native and graduate of the University of North Dakota, on a fateful May night outside the Corner Bar in St. Michael.

Baker later died, after seven months in a coma, from his injuries.

Tuomisto, meanwhile, was sentenced to five years in prison, and is currently in the St. Cloud Penitentiary. He could be paroled in 2014.

A look at the City Pages’ story, which also profiles cases from the Brainerd lakes area and Kenosha, Wis., shows Tuomisto’s case is hardly an isolated incident. 

City Pages states a local filmmaker is studying more than 100 one-punch homicides nationwide for a documentary film.

For Patch’s coverage of the Tuomisto story, visit these links.