A woman was shot and killed in Saint Paul’s North End neighborhood early Saturday morning—and now homicide investigators with the city’s police department are working to find out who pulled the trigger and why.
A person called 911 just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22, to report hearing an argument followed by at least one gunshot on the 40 block of Lyton Place. Officers rushed to the scene and found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound lying on the sidewalk outside of a house.
The officers rendered aid, secured the scene and called in Saint Paul Fire medics, who pronounced the woman dead a short time after their arrival.
Two men who were at the house when officers arrived were taken to police headquarters and are being questioned by homicide investigators. The police department’s forensics services and video management units are also responding to collect evidence and look for video of the shooting.
As of Saturday morning, no arrests have been made, but investigators do not believe this was a random incident.
Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call 651-266-5650.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the woman’s exact cause of death and positively identify her. The victim’s identity, along with any updates in the case, will be released on the police department’s Twitter page, @sppdmn.
This is the fourth homicide this year in Saint Paul.