Man fatally shot onboard Green Line train on Friday night

Metro Transit police are investigating after a 33-year-old 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. He was brought to the hospital, where he later died.

He was identified on Monday by Metro Transit police as Sharif Darryl Walker-El, Jr. His death was classified as a homicide.

Police say no one else was injured in the shooting and there have been no arrests at this time.

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 was delayed on Friday until later in the evening.