Shots fired near Minnesota State Fair on Saturday night

No one was injured; the investigation continues.

September 3, 2023 at 4:17PM

St. Paul police responded to a report of shots fired outside the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Saturday night. No one was injured.

Police said shots were fired a block east of the fairgrounds at Canfield Avenue and Arona Street around 10 p.m.

Police collected evidence at the scene. The target of the shooting was not injured, they noted.

St. Paul and State Fair police are investigating another incident minutes later at 10:12 p.m., when a 43-year-old man called 911 to report being struck by a bullet near the intersection of Chambers Street and Carnes Avenue on the fairgrounds.

State Fair Police spokesman David Titus said officers responded to the scene to collect evidence and speak with the victim, who suffered "superficial injuries." However, no weapons or shell casings were recovered, police said, and there were no reports of gunfire at the fairgrounds at that time.

Titus said a group of young people was seen running through the midway and near the grandstand area about 50 minutes before the call. The group erroneously claimed that shots had been fired, but officers in the area and video surveillance "proved the claims untrue," Titus said in a statement.

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