More details about the fatal police shooting of a 24-year-old St. Paul man in January were revealed this week when police released the transcript of the 911 call.
St. Paul police have said that Marcus Golden was shot and killed by two department officers Jan. 14 after he failed to obey orders and drove his vehicle at one of the officers in an apartment building parking lot.
Police said Golden had a loaded handgun in his reach when he was shot.
Officers were called to the building on the 200 block of University Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. on a report that Golden, who had a history of troubling and threatening behavior, was making death threats via text message, police said. The 911 transcript seems to corroborate what police have said about the call.
In the transcript, a man who identifies himself as the former boyfriend of Golden's ex-girlfriend tells the dispatcher that Golden has a gun and is in the building's parking lot:
Caller: Ah there's a guy in the parking lot that's been ah texting me death threats for hours and he's got a gun and he's in my parking lot right now in a green Jimmy.
Dispatcher: Okay are your doors locked right now?
Caller: Yeah.