Charges: 17-year-old boy shot, killed St. Paul teen in argument over gun
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A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed on the 500 block of Jessamine Avenue West in St. Paul, Minnesota on Dec. 14.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A 17-year-old boy is accused of shooting another 17-year-old boy in the face during an argument over a gun while they were driving around in a stolen vehicle in St. Paul, Minnesota last week.
The 17-year-old was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Elijah Watson on Dec. 14.
According to the charges, a woman who lived on the 500 block of Jessamine Avenue called 911 around 1:50 p.m. on Dec. 14 to report that an unknown boy was banging on the door trying to get in. She said he was bleeding and she thought he had been shot in the head. He then stumbled towards the street and collapsed.
Monday afternoon gunfire leaves 1 dead in St. Paul
It s the city s 31st homicide of 2020.
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St. Paul police are looking for the person or people responsible for a fatal shooting in the city s North End Monday afternoon.
The shooting was reported just before 2 p.m. in the 500 block of Jessamine Avenue West, and found a male with a gunshot wound.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
At this stage, little has been released publicly about how the victim came to be shot, with officers at the scene looking for witnesses and physical evidence.
The victim will be identified at a later date.
Police investigating fatal shooting in St. Paul s North End neighborhood
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting Monday in St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police are investigating a fatal shooting Monday afternoon St. Paul s North End neighborhood.
According to police, several people called 911 just before 2 p.m. reporting that someone was shot on the 500 block of Jessamine Avenue West. When officers arrived, they located a male with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers secured the scene and began looking for witnesses and any evidence. Homicide investigators are working to determine who was there and what led to the shooting.
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A man was shot and killed outside a residence in St. Paul s North End on Monday, marking the city s 31st homicide of the year.
Officers were called just before 2 p.m. to the 500 block of W. Jessamine Avenue, on the outskirts of Marydale Park. Upon arrival, they found a male with a gunshot wound to the head, according to emergency dispatch audio. He died at the scene.
Minutes earlier, a 911 caller had reported that the victim approached the door of their house demanding to get inside, screaming that he is bleeding, according to scanner audio.
Investigators set up a perimeter and closed part of the road as they combed the area for evidence. Barriers were erected around the victim s body, which lay in the frozen street near the trunk of a bloodied white vehicle several feet away from a Little Tikes basketball hoop.
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