St. Paul police made an arrest Wednesday in a triple homicide in the city's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Arrest made in St. Paul triple homicide
St. Paul police, FBI agents arrested 41-year-old Minneapolis man Wednesday morning in Chicago.
September 8, 2022 at 3:21AM
![Interim Police Chief Jeremy Ellison discusses some details of the triple homicide that took place across the street in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Police arrived about 4:30 p.m. Sunday to find two people with gunshot wounds waiting for them outside a two-story home on the 900 block of Case Avenue E. Three more victims were inside the home, and medics pronounced them dead at the scene. ] RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII • richard.tsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/RUELSWCD2WCWMYLAUKWBMHSQ2Y.jpg?&w=712)
According to a St. Paul Police Department news release, a 41-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested Wednesday morning in Chicago. St. Paul police officers made the arrest in collaboration with the FBI.
The Star Tribune does not typically name suspects until they are charged.
The attack Sunday afternoon in an East Side home left three people dead and two more badly wounded. The victims were identified as 33-year-old Angelica Gonzales, 42-year-old Cory Freeman and 44-year-old Maisha Spaulding.
The department's news release said that the case remains under investigation and that further details would not be released at this time.
"I applaud our officers' diligent pursuit of those responsible for the nightmare we endured this weekend," Mayor Melvin Carter said in a prepared statement. "Thanks to their swift work, we can begin to heal and move forward."
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