Police identify 2 killed in St. Paul shooting
Police have identified the two people killed in a shooting early Thursday morning in St. Paul.
According to the St. Paul Police Department, 21-year-old Alejandro Omar Rios and 39-year-old Michael William Stewart, both of St. Paul, died from the shooting.
St. Paul police: 2 dead in early-morning shooting, homicide investigation underway
Officers responded to reports of an incident near Payne Avenue and North Street at about 3:35 a.m. Thursday.
There, officers found Rios and Stewart suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Police said the two were taken to a hospital where one died soon after arriving and the other died hours later.
No arrests in their deaths had been made as of Friday afternoon.
Anyone with information is asked to call 651-266-5650.
HOMICIDE UPDATE:
— Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) January 22, 2021
The two victims in yesterday’s early morning homicide investigation on Payne Ave have been ID’d as Alejandro Omar Rios, 21, of St. Paul and Michael William Stewart, 39, of St. Paul.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information should call 651-266-5650.