Prosecutors cite self defense, won't charge man in fatal shooting this week in St. Paul
Ramsey County Attorney's Office said facts uncovered in the police investigation "strongly support" shooter's claim that he was defending himself and others.
Deandre L. Buckner, 28, of St. Paul, died shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday off Payne Avenue on the western edge of the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood, police said.
A 20-year-old man was quickly arrested near the shooting scene on suspicion of murder.
However, Ramsey County Attorney's Office said in a statement late Friday afternoon that "we declined to file charges in this incident due to facts uncovered in the police investigation that strongly support a self-defense and defense-of-others claim by the person who fired the fatal shot."
The office did not elaborate on the specifics of the claim by the man, whom police identified as the shooter. The Star Tribune is not naming the man, because he's no longer subject to being charged.