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St. Paul police continue to solve homicides at a higher-than-average rate: there has been an arrest or resolution in all except three of 2023's homicides.
Homicides in St. Paul in 2023 declined from recent years, but are still higher than five years ago. St. Paul’s homicide rate began increasing in 2019 and peaked in 2022 with 40 homicides. There were 32 homicides this year as of Saturday afternoon. St. Paul averaged 17 homicides a year between 2010 and 2018. “I’ll never be happy until the numbers are zero,” Police Chief Axel Henry said recently. .
Labor Day weekend Pat LaFrieda received a call from his 18-year-old son saying there was a motion light on in the garage of their Scenic Place home. He told his son to get back in his truck as he opened up security footage on his phone. What LaFreida saw horrified him and he told his son to get out of there as he called the police.