One person died Saturday night after a shooting on the 700 block of 6th Street East in St. Paul, and investigators have not said who the victim was; no arrests had been made. St. Paul police confirmed they are looking into the shooting death but have kept nearly every detail of the case under wraps for now.
According to FOX 9, police have not shared suspect information or information on the victim, and said they are expected to give more information at a later time. 5 Eyewitness News reported that the St. Paul Police Department released a statement saying it was investigating a homicide on the 700 block of 6th Street, confirming that one person died in the shooting. Police reported that no arrests had been made and that officers found no additional victims during a safety sweep.
Investigation Still in Early Stages
As of now, there is no word on what led up to the shooting or what investigators believe prompted the violence. The department has indicated it will release more information as the investigation continues, but as of Saturday night, the case was still in its earliest stages with few public details to go on.
The Saint Paul Police Department maintains a presence on X, where the account notes it is not monitored around the clock and directs residents to call 911 for emergencies or 651-291-1111 to file a report, according to the department's official account.
A Separate Case From Earlier This Year
This shooting should not be confused with a different fatal shooting earlier this year on the 200 block of 7th Street East, where 27-year-old Adarius S. Glees died after being shot on April 30. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office identified Glees as the victim in that case, per MN Crime. In that incident, investigators said they were working to determine what led to the shooting and who was responsible, and police said they believed there was no threat to the community, though no arrests had been made at the time of that report.
St. Paul's Broader Homicide Trends
St. Paul's homicide numbers have swung sharply over the past two years. The city recorded 15 homicides in 2025, down from 30 the year before, according to the Star Tribune. That April 19 reporting stated that three homicides had been recorded so far in 2026, all of them shootings, and that St. Paul had posted a 100% homicide clearance rate so far that year and for all of 2025.
KSTP quoted police describing the April 30 shooting on 7th Street East as the city's fourth homicide, following the three homicides reported earlier that year.
Part of the department's strategy behind the falling numbers is a nonfatal shooting unit that focuses solely on solving nonfatal shooting cases with the same level of resources typically devoted to homicides, the Star Tribune's report notes. Whether that unit or any other resource is tied to the investigation into Saturday's shooting has not been disclosed.
