Saint Paul police ordered residents near the 1000 block of Ross Avenue to shelter in place Thursday night as officers responded to an active incident on the city's East Side. The department asked anyone nearby to stay inside unless directed otherwise, and it had not disclosed what prompted the response by the time the warning went out.
Officers responded to the scene just before 6:30 p.m., according to Fox 9. The station reported that the nature of the incident remained unclear at the time of its story, and police had not said whether anyone was hurt. 5 Eyewitness News also reported on the shelter-in-place order as it unfolded.
As the situation developed, St. Paul authorities asked residents on the 1000 block of Ross Avenue specifically to shelter in place, while also advising people in the broader surrounding area to avoid the block altogether. Per Patch, the department confirmed the incident's location but offered no further detail on what officers were responding to.
Few Details Released So Far
Police have not said what prompted the response or whether anyone has been hurt, the outlet noted. That uncertainty has left East Side residents with little to go on beyond the instruction to stay put unless officers tell them otherwise.
St. Paul police said they would provide an update once more information became available, a point echoed in the department's statements to both Fox 9 and the same outlet covering the shelter-in-place order. By the latest reporting, police had released details that the incident involved a reportedly armed man who barricaded himself and was taken into custody.
Hoodline will update this story as St. Paul police release additional information about Thursday's incident on Ross Avenue.
