Two teens are custody in the fatal shooting of the captain of the Henry Sibley football team.
Seventeen-year-old Da'Qwan Jones-Morris died Wednesday in the 100 block of Annapolis Street East of a gunshot wound.
Two teen boys, 15 and 16 years old, are at the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of murder.
WCCO-TV reports they were playing with a gun that afternoon when it went off. Police have not revealed what led to the shooting.
Principal Ron Monson called Jones-Morris “funny, outgoing and well-liked by students and staff.” The school has counselors available. Jones-Morris also played on the basketball team.
There have been 29 reported homicides in St. Paul in 2019.