18-year-old suspect in St. Paul homicide is in custody

St. Paul
18-year-old arrested in sixth reported homicide of 2024 in St. Paul Photo credit Getty Images

St. Paul Police are investigating that city's latest homicide.

They arrested an 18-year-old in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in the Union Park neighborhood.

Police had been called to the scene on the 1900 block of Marshall Avenue near Prior on reports of a possible suicide.

The man was found shot in the head and a handgun was found at the scene.

Authorities say witnesses had given inconsistent accounts of the shooting, and they are not looking for any other suspects.

This is the sixth reported homicide of the year in St. Paul.

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