Man fatally shot onboard Green Line train on Friday night

Metro Transit police are investigating after a man was fatally shot onboard the Green Line in St. Paul on Friday evening.

Officers were called to University Avenue West and Hamline Avenue North around 8:30 p.m. on a report of a shooting.

An initial investigation indicates the man was shot onboard a westbound Green Line train approaching the Hamline Avenue Station.

The man was brought to the hospital, where he died. Police say no one else was injured in the shooting.

A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS photographer on the scene captured police tape and several squads.

Green Line service in the area near the Hamline Avenue station has been delayed until later on Friday night.

The identity of the victim has not yet been released.

Police are searching for a suspect at the time of this publishing.