1 Injured in Downtown St. Paul Shooting

[minnesotatv]

November 07, 2017 09:20 PM

Police say one man was injured during a shooting in downtown St. Paul on Tuesday night.

The incident occurred around 8 p.m. at Fifth Street East and Wacouta Street, according to police.

Authorities say the injured individual attempted to rob another man, who has a permit to carry.
The individual then shot the man in the face


http://kstp.com/news/police-investigati ... l/4661962/

[Sorcerer]

Mouse gun?

[Rip Van Winkle]

Wow, another outstanding piece of journalism.

Which individual shot which in the face?

[xd ED]

Wow, another outstanding piece of journalism.

Which individual shot which in the face?

PP says good guy shot bad guy

Would-be robber shot by victim near Lowertown park, St. Paul police say - TwinCities.com

A man was shot Tuesday night in downtown St. Paul when he tried to rob a man who was carrying a gun, police say.

“It appears the would-be robbery victim shot the would-be robber,” Steve Linders, a St. Paul Police Department spokesman, said of the incident near Mears Park in the Lowertown area.

The attempted robbery occurred about 8 p.m. at Fifth and Wacouta streets, Linders said....

[Rip Van Winkle]

That's what I figured, but you'd never know it reading the KSTP article.

[westhope]

Have any charges been filed over the permit holder that shot someone threatening them in Minneapolis a few weeks ago?

[xd ED]

Have any charges been filed over the permit holder that shot someone threatening them in Minneapolis a few weeks ago?

If you're referring to the incident downtown, I understood the guy shot/ shot at a fleeing aggressor, after the fact, and was therefore charged. But I can't say with all certainty that's what happened.

[xd ED]

Things are getting curiouser:
http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/08/man-who-shot-alleged-robber-in-downtown-st-paul-had-a-permit-to-carry-police-say/

She said the man had been harassing her, once walking without permission into her apartment in St. Paul’s Lowertown — and frequently texting that he wanted her.

He seemed homeless, always wearing the same tattered clothes. Her husband told him to stop.

But when he and another man came out of the dark Tuesday evening and pointed a gun at her husband — seated in front of her in the passenger seat of their friend’s car — she was sure there would be blood.