Police identified a 29-year-old man who died after he was shot on a St. Paul street last weekend.
No one has been arrested in the homicide of Wayne R. Brown, of St. Paul. He was found shot in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood, at Hudson Road and Earl Street, about 11:15 p.m. Saturday.
Paramedics took Brown to Regions Hospital, where he died.
“It’s a tragic deal,” said Royale Harris, who was friends with Brown for more than 10 years.
Brown was a good father who was trying to support his family, Harris said Monday. He said he doesn’t know why Brown would have been killed.
Police, who have said Brown’s shooting did not appear random, continue their investigation.
Investigators noted there are two bars nearby, and asked anyone who was in the area and has information to call the homicide unit at 651-266-5650.
2 OTHERS WOUNDED IN SATURDAY SHOOTINGS
In 2017, Brown was wounded in a shooting outside his residence. A witness said someone drove by and fired. No one was arrested in that case.
Brown didn’t have recent criminal cases against him, though he was jailed on Sept. 6 on a warrant from a 2014 drug possession case.
He admitted to a probation violation on Sept. 17 and was sentenced to seven days in the Ramsey County Workhouse. He received credit for the time he served since his arrest and was released on probation again, a court record shows.
Brown’s killing was the eighth homicide in St. Paul this month and the 22nd of the year.
He was the third person shot in a nine-hour period on the East Side in unrelated incidents on Saturday. The other two men sustained non-life threatening injuries.
A 37-year-old was riding in a vehicle when he was shot in the stomach through a passenger door at Arlington and Prosperity avenues about 3 p.m., according to a police report.
At 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired on Minnehaha Avenue near Johnson Parkway. Someone drove a 22-year-old, who was shot in the leg, to the hospital. The man told police he didn’t know who shot him or how it happened, according to a police spokesman.