2 who died after exchange of gunfire in St. Paul ID’d as 28-, 30-year-old men

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Officials on Monday identified two men who died in an apparent shoot-out with each other on Friday in St. Paul.

Lawrence A. Harris, 30, of St. Paul, was found shot in the street in the North End early Friday.

Meanwhile, someone drove Lasean T. Williams, 28, of St. Louis Park, to a nearby fire station. He and Harris, who police said knew each other, sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

St. Paul Fire Department medics took Williams to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Harris died at the scene in the 400 block of Front Avenue. Officers responded to the shooting about 4:20 a.m. Friday.

Investigators were working to determine what led to the men exchanging gunfire.

Their homicides were the 10th and 11th of the year in St. Paul. There were 25 homicides as of the same time in the city last year.

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