Man arrested after woman found fatally shot in St. Paul

The shooting happened in the Lowertown neighborhood, and a man was jailed on suspicion of murder.

December 17, 2022 at 4:10PM

A shooting in St. Paul's Lowertown neighborhood has left one woman dead.

According to police, a call about a suicide in progress sent officers to the 200 block of 5th Street E. at around 2:50 a.m. Friday. There they found a woman with a gunshot wound. She was not breathing.

St. Paul fire medics declared the woman deceased, and an adult male on the scene was questioned and arrested on suspicion of murder. The Star Tribune typically does not name suspects until they are charged.

Police say the investigation is ongoing, and updates about the woman's identity and the case will be posted on Twitter.

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Kyeland Jackson is the St. Paul public safety reporter for the Star Tribune.

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