Homicide investigation underway after man dies on St. Paul's East Side

A man was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead early Sunday morning in the Battle Creek neighborhood.

October 1, 2023 at 1:36PM

A man with apparent gunshot wounds was pronounced dead early Sunday morning in St. Paul's Battle Creek neighborhood, according to police. The incident is being investigated as a homicide.

St. Paul Police responded to the 2100 block of Scenic Place after receiving a 911 call at 2:10 a.m. There, the man was unresponsive on the street, according to a news release from the St. Paul Police Department.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene after medical aid attempts failed, police said. He will be identified, along with his cause of death, by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner.

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