Woman fatally shot on St. Paul's West Side was from Minneapolis

No one had been arrested in connection with the death, a police spokesman said.

June 5, 2020 at 4:45AM

St. Paul police have identified a woman fatally shot early Wednesday on the city's West Side as Ashli K. Johnson, 29, of Minneapolis.

No one had been arrested in connection with the death as of Thursday afternoon, police spokesman Steve Linders said.

Officers responded to the intersection of Hall Avenue and W. Stevens Street just before 3 a.m. and found Johnson in a vehicle with a gunshot wound, Linders said.

Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

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