A man died after he was shot on a St. Paul street Saturday night.
Police responded to 911 calls reporting the shooting at 11:15 p.m. in the Dayton’s Bluff area at Hudson Road and Earl Street.
Officers discovered the wounded man in the street and rendered aid. Paramedics transported him to Regions Hospital, where he died.
Police said they are looking for the person or people responsible for the man’s death, which is the 22nd homicide in St. Paul this year and the eighth this month.
Investigators noted there are two bars nearby — Mounds Park Sports Bar and the St. Paul Saloon — and asked anyone who was in the area and has information to call the homicide unit at 651-266-5650.
Steve Linders, a St. Paul police spokesman, didn’t have information about what led to the shooting, though he said it did not appear random. It wasn’t known whether the shooter or the man who was killed were in a bar beforehand, Linders said.
Police will release the man’s name after the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office confirms his identity.
There have been approximately 120 people shot in St. Paul this year. In addition to the homicides, at least 14 people were wounded by gunfire in September, according to the police department.
The shootings have “the city on edge” and people “concerned about what’s going on,” Linders said. Police have said the homicides aren’t connected to each other.
“Sadly, it’s been out of the ordinary this September,” Linders said. “It’s been trying. … It takes a lot of resources just to investigate a shooting.”