Gloria Balderas' rising fear of her neighborhood climaxed Wednesday when a man was shot to death and another was wounded between her house and a neighborhood bar with a checkered record.
Trevell Glass, 26, was killed about 2 a.m. on Manitoba Avenue at Rice Street in St. Paul's North End neighborhood, police said. Ryan L. Davis, 28, was wounded by gunfire and taken to Regions Hospital. He is expected to survive. Four suspects were arrested, one on suspicion of murder. It was St. Paul's second 2011 homicide.
The shooting occurred near Born's Bar at 899 Rice St., which many residents say attracts rowdy crowds that spill onto residential streets in fisticuffs and gunfire.
"Thursday, Friday, Saturday -- it's scary to come home through the neighborhood," Balderas said. "Through the day it's a quiet neighborhood, but at night it gets crazy."
Relationships between the victims and suspects and the motive behind the shooting remain murky. Police provided few details. A group of acquaintances became involved in a dispute elsewhere before they ended up at Born's Bar, said City Council Member Lee Helgen. Some of the men were kicked out of the bar, but they waited outside until the others left at closing time, said Helgen, who represents the area.
According to police, authorities responded to calls of shots fired and found Glass dead. Officers stopped the suspect vehicle near Case and York avenues on the East Side, where one man fled on foot. He was eventually arrested with the help of a police dog. Three passengers were also arrested.
"We're still piecing together what led up to that," said Officer John Keating, a police spokesman.
Police would not say whether Glass and Davis were the intended targets. No one has been charged, and police have not ruled out the possibility of more arrests.
