Man fatally shot in St. Paul in city’s 23rd homicide this year

A man was fatally shot late Monday in St. Paul’s North of Maryland neighborhood, continuing a deadly period in the capital city.

At about 9:30 p.m., police responded to a 911 call about a man who had been shot at the intersection of Jackson Street and Wheelock Parkway. Officers arrived at the scene and found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds, said St. Paul police Sgt. Mike Ernster.

Medics rendered aid and transported the man to Regions Hospital where he died shortly after arriving, Ernster said.

Police have not released the name of the victim.

Investigators are working to find the gunman and what led up to the city’s 23rd homicide of the year, according to a Minnesota Star Tribune database. There had been 27 homicides at this time last year, according to St. Paul police.

The homicide was the third in the past few days in St. Paul. A man was fatally shot Saturday near Wheelock Parkway and Woodbridge Street in the city’s North End. On Friday, a man was fatally stabbed after an apparent fight in Lowertown.