St. Paul police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in the Payne-Phalen area Thursday night.

Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 900 block of Edgerton Street just before 9:15 p.m. and found a man with an apparent gunshot injury to the upper torso, according to a statement from police.

Officers provided first aid to the man and called for St. Paul Fire Department Medics, who took over with medical attention. They brought him to Regions Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police had not announced an arrest as of early Friday morning. Investigators are working to determine the circumstances of the shooting and the department’s Forensic Services Unit processed the scene for evidence, the police statement said.

Police said they will release the victim’s name after the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms his identity and cause of death.

The man’s homicide was the 13th of the year in St. Paul.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.

The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its namesake television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios. And Netflix has rose to dominance as a household name ubiquitous to on-demand content, while building of its own production arm to release popular titles like “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game.”

FILE – A visitor walks past portraits of DC Comics superheroes as she enters the “Action and Magic Made Here” interactive experience at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood media preview on June 24, 2021, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

The cash and stock deal is valued at $27.75 per Warner share, giving it a total enterprise value of approximately $82.7 billion. The transaction is expected to close after Warner separates its Discovery Global cable operations into a new publicly-traded company in the third quarter of 2026.

Shares of Warner Bros. rose nearly 3% in premarket trading while shares of Netflix and Paramount fell more than 2%.

Gaining Warner’s legacy studios would mark a notable shift for Netflix’s current movie theater footprint. Under the proposed acquisition Netflix has promised to continue theatrical releases for Warner’s studio films — honoring Warner’s contractual agreements for movie releases.

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Netflix has kept most of its original content within its core online platform. But there’s been few exceptions, such as limited theater screenings of a “KPop Demon Hunters” sing-a-long and its coming “Stranger Things” series finale.

As recently as October — when Warner signaled that it was open to a potential sale of its business — Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos reiterated on an earnings call that the company had been “very clear in the past that we have no interest in owning legacy media networks” and that there was “no change there.”

“We believe that we can be and we will be choosy,” Sarandos said at the time, without fully ruling out a potential bid for Warner.

Friday’s announcement arrives after a monthslong bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. Rumors of interest from Netflix, as well as NBC owner Comcast, starting bubbling up in the fall. But Skydance-owned Paramount, which completed its own $8 billion merger in August, had also reportedly made several all-cash offers backed heavily by CEO David Ellison’s family.

Paramount seemed like the frontrunner for some time — and unlike Netflix or Comcast, was reportedly vying to buy Warner’s entire company, including its cable business housing networks like CNN and Discovery.

Commanders at Vikings (+1½)

Sad J.J. McCarthy is expected to replace even sadder Max Brosmer in the Vikings’ lineup on Sunday. The only way Minnesota’s situation could be more comically broken would be if Mike Lindell runs for quarterback.

Pick: Commanders by 3

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks during a news conference outside the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver on June 2, 2025, before the first day of trial in a defamation case against him. Former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer sued Lindell for defamation, tying back to claims the MyPillow founder made about fraud in the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Broncos at Raiders (+7½)

Former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin raised many eyebrows by bolting from Mississippi to LSU for a contract starting at $91 million. It’s a record sum ever paid for a “con man” and a “professional liar.”

Pick: Broncos by 14

Head coach Lane Kiffin of the Oakland Raiders yells instructions to players during the first half fo the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saptember 14, 2008 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Eagles at Chargers (+2½)

Irate fans last week egged the home of Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. For those not familiar, egging is how you show disdain when you’re not clever enough to call somebody Piggy or the R-word.

Pick: Eagles by 3

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Bears at Packers (-6½)

Windy City fans are ecstatic about Caleb Williams and their first-place Bears. The sophomore quarterback is the most popular man in town, though he won’t be a truly authentic Chicago icon until he’s indicted.

Pick: Packers by 3

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams throws against the New York Giants during the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Steelers at Ravens (-5½)

These two 6-6 mediocrities are battling for first place in the AFC North. Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers looked so feeble by the end of last week’s game that team officials may nominate Kamala Harris to finish the race.

Pick: Ravens by 7

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) gets up after being sacked during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Pittsburgh Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Seahawks at Falcons (+7½)

Former Atlanta kicker Younghoe Koo made headlines by whiffing on a field-goal attempt for New England. War Secretary Pete Hegseth was critical, saying he would have ordered Koo to go back and double tap the football.

Pick: Seahawks by 14

Atlanta Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo (7) works during the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Atlanta. The New Orleans Saints won 21-16. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik)

Titans at Browns (-4½)

Cleveland has opened up the 21-day practice window for injured pariah Deshaun Watson. The move shocked observers who felt there was no way the Browns could make a worse quarterback choice than Shedeur Sanders.

Pick: Browns by 7

Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns looks on after the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sept. 08, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cowboys defeated the Browns 33-17. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

Texans at Chiefs (-3½)

Travis Kelce requested team staffers refrain from playing Taylor Swift songs during home games. Chiefs players would find the tunes too distracting over the next month while planning their early January vacations in Cancun.

Pick: Chiefs by 3

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates with Taylor Swift after a 17-10 victory against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game at M&T Bank Stadium on Jan. 28, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Dolphins at Jets (+2½)

Miami has somehow avoided elimination by rattling off a three-game winning streak. Coach Mike McDaniel has been dropped to No. 2 by Las Vegas oddsmakers for Person Most Likely to Be Fired, falling behind Kash Patel.

Pick: Dolphins by 3

FILE – Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier, left, and head coach Mike McDaniel take questions during an NFL football news conference on April 25, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol, File)

Bengals at Bills (-5½)

Cincinnati is still clinging to longshot playoff hopes despite a 4-8 record. Fans in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky haven’t been this excited since the invention of moonshine.

Pick: Bills by 3

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, bottom, goes down with a season-ruining turf toe injury as he is sacked by Jacksonville’s Arik Armstead during last Sunday’s game in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

OTHER GAMES

Colts at Jaguars (+1½)

Pick: Jaguars by 3

Saints at Buccaneers (-8½)

Pick: Buccaneers by 7

Rams at Cardinals (+8½)

Pick: Rams by 10

BYE WEEK

Panthers, Patriots, Giants, 49ers

RECORD

Week 13

10-6 straight up

11-5 vs. spread

Season

122-71-1 straight up (.632)

97-97 vs. spread (.500)

All-time (2003-25)

3941-2172-15 straight up (.645)

3008-2976-145 vs spread (.503)

You can hear Kevin Cusick on Thursdays on Bob Sansevere’s “BS Show” podcast on iTunes. You can follow Kevin on X– @theloopnow. He can be reached at kcusick@pioneerpress.com.

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Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Dec. 5, 1952, the Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which contained toxic pollutants, lasted five days and was blamed for causing thousands of deaths.

Also on this date:

In 1848, in an address to Congress, President James K. Polk sparked the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.

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In 1933, Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.

In 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO under its first president, George Meany.

In 1994, Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades.

In 2008, O.J. Simpson was sentenced to up to 33 years in prison after being convicted of 12 criminal charges in connection with a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Simpson was released on parole after serving nine years; he died in 2024).

In 2009, a jury in Perugia, Italy, convicted American student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, of murdering Knox’s British roommate, Meredith Kercher, and sentenced them to long prison terms. (After a series of back-and-forth rulings, Knox and Sollecito were definitively acquitted in 2015 by Italy’s highest court.)

In 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first Black president, died at age 95.

In 2017, Democratic Congressman John Conyers of Michigan resigned from Congress after a nearly 53-year career, becoming the first Capitol Hill politician to lose his job amid sexual misconduct allegations sweeping the nation’s workplaces; Conyers denied wrongdoing.

In 2023, Peru’s constitutional court ordered a humanitarian release for imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s. (Fujimori died in September 2024 at age 86.)

Today’s Birthdays:

Author Calvin Trillin is 90.
Opera singer Jose Carreras is 79.
Musician Jim Messina is 78.
Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins is 76.
Football Hall of Famer Art Monk is 68.
Rock singer-musician John Rzeznik (REZ’-nihk) (The Goo Goo Dolls) is 60.
Country singer Gary Allan is 58.
Comedian-actor Margaret Cho is 57.
Actor Paula Patton is 50.
Singer-songwriter Keri Hilson is 43.
Actor and stock car driver Frankie Muniz is 40.
Singer-songwriter Conan Gray is 27.