St. Paul police have taken one person of interest into custody after three adults were found dead late Monday afternoon inside the leasing office of an apartment complex.
"This is an unbelievably big tragedy for our city and it will not be accepted," said St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry. "Secondly, I want to recognize and thank all the citizens and first responders who responded to the shots fired, and helped us bring some safety to the scene."
Police initially responded at 4:10 p.m. to a report of shots fired on the 1500 block of St. Paul Avenue. They began evacuating residents from the apartment complex after locating the victims.
"Unfortunately found three people deceased inside of the apartment complex leasing office area, the apartment was evacuated to ensure the safety of others that were still in that building," St. Paul Police public information officer Nikki Muehlhausen says.
St. Paul police posted on social media just before 11:00 p.m. Tuesday night that a person of interest was taken into custody but no other details were given.
The deaths marked St. Paul's ninth, tenth and 11th homicides of the year.
