A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for South St. Paul residents after an early morning shooting and homicide investigation.
“While we believe there to be no ongoing threat to public safety at this time and have lifted the shelter in place, we remain in the area searching for evidence,” the South St. Paul Police Department announced on social media later on Friday morning.
Here is what authorities report happened:
At about 3:45 a.m. on Friday, officers of the South St. Paul Police Department responded to a reported medical event inside a residence in the 300 block of Second Avenue South.
Upon arrival, responding officers learned a shooting had taken place and discovered two adult males inside the residence suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. One of the victims was pronounced dead on scene and the other was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Information from the investigation led responding officers to believe the party responsible for the shooting fled the scene on foot. A search of the immediate area was conducted and, at approximately 5:45 a.m., a suspect was located in the 500 block of First Avenue South.
The suspect was taken into custody without incident.
Investigators with the South St. Paul Police Department, assisted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, are currently working to determine the circumstances that led to the shooting and to collect any evidence that could help determine what happened.
An autopsy to determine the exact cause of death and identification of the deceased will be conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.
South St. Paul police were assisted by Inver Grove Heights, Hastings, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, St. Paul and the West St. Paul police departments, along with Dakota, Ramsey and Washington County sheriff’s offices.
Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to contact the South St. Paul Police Department at 651-413-8300 or tips@sspmn.org.
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