A St. Paul police officer responding to a call about a domestic disturbance on Tuesday shot and wounded a 47-year-old suspect who allegedly refused repeated warnings to show his hands and get on the ground, police said.
Kevin Lloyd Carroll, who apparently was unarmed, was shot on Galtier Street just down an alley from his residence in the 200 block of Aurora Avenue, police spokesman Sgt. Paul Paulos said.
Carroll was taken by paramedics to Regions Hospital with what police described as injuries that were not life-threatening.
The officer, whose name is expected to be released Wednesday, "felt that his life was in danger" when Carroll came around a sport-utility vehicle about 4 a.m. and disregarded the repeated commands that he and another officer made, Paulos said.
The incident occurred after Carroll's girlfriend called authorities to say that he was trying to force his way into their Aurora Avenue home, Paulos said. The girlfriend apparently had locked Carroll out, Paulos said.
The officers responded, learned that Carroll had fled and found him a short distance away near the SUV, where the shooting occurred.
"No weapons were found," Paulos said.
The officers, who are seven-year and five-year veterans of the force, are on three-day administrative leave per departmental policy.
