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Mayor Melvin Carter could hear the gunshots from his house in St. Paul's Summit-University neighborhood last weekend. Seven people were injured in three separate shootings. The next day, he ...
Winston Boogie Smith Jr. was a 32-year-old black American man who resided in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [ 17 ] [ 26 ] On June 3, 2021, a law enforcement task force that apprehends wanted fugitives shot and killed Smith during an attempted arrest at 2:08 p.m. CDT at a parking ramp near the intersection of West Lake Street and Girard Avenue in the ...
However, fluctuations occur year-to-year, and some cities, such as Minneapolis and St. Paul, experience higher crime rates compared to other parts of the state. In 1990, Minnesota reported a violent crime rate of 291 incidents per 100,000 residents. By 1994, this number peaked at 356 before stabilizing somewhat in the 2000s.
In 1947, the BCA Crime Lab was established in St. Paul to assist in solving of crimes via forensic science, and was one of the first DNA laboratories in the United States in 1990. [6] Later the BCA was the first law enforcement agency in the United States to identify a suspect solely on DNA.
Homeowners Say Airbnb Guests Caused More Than $26,000 Worth of Damage After Allegedly Turning Their Home into a Meth Lab
Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a white Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, a Black motorist, as Cobb tried to pull away from a traffic stop ...
Hundreds of community members, activists, family members, and legislators gathered at the Saint Paul Police Western District office on February 26, 2023 to protest the police killing of Yia Xiong. On February 12, Saint Paul police responded to calls of a knife-wielding man at an apartment on the 100 block of Western Avenue South.
In the 1960s and 1970s the area around Selby-Dale had some of the worst housing and street crime in Saint Paul. According to merchants, broken windows, bomb threats and slashed tires were common. During this time many businesses chose to locate on Grand Avenue or University Avenue rather than Selby. [ 12 ]