St. Paul police caught a break in the city's sixth homicide of the year late Friday when a 19-year-old man turned himself in at police headquarters less than 24 hours after a 21-year-old man was shot and killed in a Frogtown neighborhood home.
19-year-old man turns himself in after St. Paul homicide
The victim of Friday night's fatal shooting in Frogtown was identified as Mark Franklin Jr., 21.
March 16, 2019 at 11:39PM
The suspect was booked into the Ramsey County jail, where he's being held pending murder charges, police said.
Authorities identified the victim as Mark Franklin Jr.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 4 a.m. Friday at a home in the 600 block of Elfelt Street, where they did not initially find a victim. People at the house told police the man had been driven to Regions Hospital, where he died.
The case remains under investigation, but police said they are not looking for a second suspect.
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