Pre-dawn gunfire on St. Paul’s north side sent one man to the hospital early Sunday, adding another shooting case to the city’s growing file of overnight violence. Officers located the wounded man and got him to a hospital for treatment.
What happened
According to KSTP, St. Paul police were called shortly after 4:14 a.m. Sunday to the 600 block of Iglehart, where officers found a man who had been shot in the leg. He was taken to a hospital for treatment, and investigators say they are still working to determine what led up to the gunfire.
Police response and city context
St. Paul has leaned hard into treating nonfatal shootings as priority cases, assigning a dedicated unit that works them with homicide-level rigor in an effort to boost clearance rates. That strategy, which includes faster scene processing, heavy use of surveillance and cellphone data, and tighter coordination with prosecutors, forms the backdrop for this latest probe, as reported in treat every bullet like a murder case. City records and officials have credited the approach with improving solve rates on nonfatal shootings since 2024.
How to help
Police have not released any suspect information. Anyone with tips, video, or other information is asked to call the Saint Paul Police non-emergency line at 651-291-1111, or 911 in an emergency; the department’s contact information is listed on the city’s police page, and the initial report was published by KSTP. The Saint Paul Police is leading the investigation.
