30 March 2024
A boy was critically injured in a Friday night shooting and St. Paul police took a 13-year-old girl into custody.
Police said they are investigating the circumstances of the shooting.
Officers responded to a report of a person shot just before 9 p.m. in the 800 block of Pierce Butler Route in the Frogtown neighborhood. They located a boy, believed to be 11, who had been shot in the head, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman.
St. Paul fire medics rushed the child to Regions Hospital where he was being treated for a life-threatening injury as of Friday night.
Police learned a 13-year-old girl was a possible suspect, found her in the 100 block of Charles Avenue and took her into custody, Ernster said. She was expected to be placed at the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of second-degree assault.
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