St. Paul police on Thursday identified the woman who was shot to death the night before inside a vehicle in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
St. Paul police ID woman found shot to death in vehicle
Seven people have been killed in the city so far this year.
February 18, 2022 at 1:47AM
Officers were called to the 1000 block of Payne Avenue at about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a shooting and located the wounded woman, according to police spokesman Steve Linders.
Police identified her as Yulia Li, 34, of St. Paul.
No arrests have been made, and investigators have yet to disclose a possible motive.
Li was taken by emergency responders to Regions Hospital, where she died.
"That stretch of Payne Avenue is busy because of a restaurant right there and other businesses right there. We know there were probably a lot of people around," Linders said. "We hope that someone saw something or somebody knows something and that they'll call us. … Even if it seems insignificant to them, it could be helpful to our investigation."
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call St. Paul police at 651-266-5650.
This is the city's seventh homicide so far this year.
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