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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police accidental 3 men person been arrested successful transportation with an aboriginal greeting shootout astatine a St. Paul barroom that near 1 pistillate dormant and 14 radical injured.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said each 3 men — a 33-year-old, 29-year-old and 32-year-old — are presently hospitalized with injuries suffered during the shooting.
I person an update connected this morning’s homicide probe that I’d similar to stock with you.
Three men person been arrested successful transportation to this morning’s shootings and the tragic decease of a pistillate successful her 20s.
The suspects are presently successful the infirmary being treated for injuries
— Todd Axtell (@ToddAxtell) October 10, 2021
WCCO does not typically sanction suspects until prosecutors complaint them with a crime.
Police would similar anyone who has accusation astir the shooting to telephone 651-266-5650.
The shooting started conscionable aft midnight aboriginal Sunday greeting astatine the Seventh Street Truck Park. Police said aggregate 911 callers “frantically begged for help” moments aft the attack.
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One pistillate who constabulary said was successful her 20s died. Fourteen different radical were taken to country hospitals for treatment. All of them are expected to survive. Good Samaritans worked with constabulary to assistance victims portion paramedics made it to the scene.
“I tin lone picture it arsenic hellish,” St. Paul constabulary spokesperson Steve Linders said. “I deliberation astir the young pistillate who died. One infinitesimal she’s having a bully time, the adjacent infinitesimal she’s lying successful her friends’ arms who are trying to prevention her life, and she didn’t marque it. I can’t deliberation of thing worse.”
WATCH: Full Police Press Conference On Shooting At St. Paul Bar
Police did not accidental whether the 3 hospitalized suspects were portion of the archetypal 14 radical wounded successful the chaos.
Regions Hospital told WCCO it received 5 victims from the shooting. Two were treated and released, 2 are successful just information and 1 is earnestly wounded.
But investigators said preliminary accusation indicates determination were respective shooters. A motive has yet to beryllium determined.
“My bosom breaks for the pistillate who was killed, her loved ones and everyone other who was successful that barroom this morning,” Axtell said successful an earlier statement. “In an instant, they recovered themselves caught successful a hellish situation. I privation them to cognize that we person the champion investigators successful the country, and we won’t halt until we find the radical liable for this madness. We volition bash our portion to clasp them accountable.”
Later, Axtell tweeted that helium spoke with the household of the pistillate who was killed and they are “absolutely devastated.”
“We volition bring justness to the victims,” helium promised astatine the time.
Mayor Melvin Carter released a connection via Twitter.
— Mayor Melvin Carter (@MayorCarter) October 10, 2021
“Our assemblage is devastated by the shocking scenes from past night,” Carter said. “As our Saint Paul officers enactment to bring those liable for these senseless acts into custody, our enactment to physique much proactive and broad nationalist information strategies is much urgent than ever. We volition ne'er judge unit successful our community.”
Gov. Tim Walz called the shooting “horrific.”
“Minnesota is keeping successful our hearts the household of the young pistillate killed and the 14 others injured, and the St. Paul vicinity reeling from this senseless weapon violence,” Walz said. “We’re moving successful adjacent coordination with section instrumentality enforcement arsenic they apprehend those responsible.”
Investigators person not yet publically identified the pistillate who died. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office volition behaviour an autopsy and merchandise her sanction and the nonstop origin of of her death.
Video from YouTube transmission Minnesota News Now showed the aftermath extracurricular of the Seventh Street Truck Park.
WARNING: This video from an eyewitness contains worldly that immoderate viewers mightiness find disturbing.
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