St. Paul police are investigating the death of a man who was found unconscious downtown Monday evening and later died.
Officers were dispatched about 7 p.m. to the 500 block of Wabasha Street, where they found a man unconscious and not breathing, according to a post on the department’s Twitter account.
We’re investigating a death after officers were called to the 500 block of Wabasha St. at about 7 p.m. tonight and found an adult male unconscious/not breathing.
Fire medics took him to Regions, where he later died.
No cause of death yet. No arrests. No more info available.
— Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) January 21, 2020
Police received a third-hand report of someone being assaulted in a parking garage, according to emergency radio traffic.
St. Paul Fire Department paramedics, who were asked to respond to an elevator lobby, took the man to Regions Hospital, where he later died.
No information was immediately available about how the man died, according to police.
“Our investigators will continue to collect evidence tonight, interview witnesses and use that information, along with an autopsy conducted by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office, to determine what caused the death and who, if anyone, is responsible,” said Steve Linders, a spokesman for the St. Paul Police Department.
There have been no arrests in the case.
