Passenger shot in St. Paul on light rail in attempted robbery

Male victim suffered injuries not considered life-threatening

The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 4, 2024 at 3:38AM
A Green Line train, shown in St. Paul in 2022. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A 27-year-old man is recovering at Regions Hospital in St. Paul after being shot in the stomach during an attempted robbery on the Green Line light-rail train headed eastbound Saturday night, police said.

His injuries are not considered life-threatening.

At about 7:30 p.m., St. Paul police and Metro Transit officers responded to calls of a person shot on the train near E. 12th Street and Robert Street. The suspect, who ran off the train after the shooting, has yet to be located, police said.

According to St. Paul police, the victim told officers he was being robbed while on the train when the shooting occurred. Officers with assistance from a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter searched the area in an attempt to find the suspect.

This story will be updated.

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Nick Williams is Preps Sports Team Leader at the Minnesota Star Tribune. He joined the Star Tribune as a business reporter in 2021. Prior to his eight years as a business reporter in Minnesota and Wisconsin, he was a sports writer for 12 years in Florida and New York.

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