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As St. Paul Nears Homicide Record, Charges Have Been Filed In Almost 90% Of Cases
The city is just one homicide shy of the highest total of murders ever.
December 22, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — St. Paul saw its 33rd homicide of the year Monday night after a man sitting in a car outside a gas station in the North End neighborhood was found shot to death.
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The city is just one homicide shy of the highest total of murders ever.
Although the increase in gun violence has been significant, so have the number of those arrested in connection to the violence. Sgt. Mike Ernster says charges have been filed in 29 of this year’s 33 homicides. Investigators are canvasing neighborhoods, questioning witnesses and using video to solve the near record-breaking shootings plaguing the city.
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