ACLU settles lawsuit over St. Paul police records
The American Civil Liberties Union said the lawsuit was the catalyst for the police department to launch a project to collect, track and share investigative stop data.
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ST. PAUL The ACLU of Minnesota said Tuesday, Jan. 5, they’ve reached a settlement with the city of St. Paul over police records, which the nonprofit organization said officials improperly withheld for more than 18 months.
The police department, however, said it wasn’t a matter of not wanting to release the data a spokesman said antiquated technology limited some data-collection “and prevented us from disseminating certain information as quickly as we’d like.”
The 2-year-old boy shot and killed on Dec. 23 has been ID’d as Jayse Damir Wilson.
Earl Williams, 39, of St. Paul, turned himself in Christmas night, was arrested and charged with Manslaughter in connection with the death.
It’s the 34th homicide of the year. Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) December 28, 2020
The 2-year-old boy, identified as Jayse Damir Wilson, was severely injured after he shot himself in the head in the early afternoon last Wednesday, CBS Minnesota reported.
Police officers and medics arrived at the apartment in St. Paul after someone dialed 911 reporting that a boy had “hurt his head,” according to CBS Minnesota. They found the boy with a gunshot wound on his forehead.
Man charged in death of 2-year-old boy in St. Paul apartment
ST. PAUL (AP) A man accused of leaving an unattended gun in a St. Paul apartment where a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself is facing two charges, according to court documents released Monday.
Earl Williams, 39, is charged in Ramsey County District Court with manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm in the death of Jayse Wilson. Williams turned himself in to authorities on Friday.
Documents show that one of the victim’s sisters was watching television in the living room on Wednesday afternoon when she heard a loud bang. Williams told her to stay where she was before he began pacing between the bedroom and kitchen, the complaint said.
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A St. Paul man who left a gun unattended while watching his girlfriend s 2-year-old son fled the state after the boy accidentally shot himself last week, charges say.
Earl Williams, 39, was charged in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm in the death of Jayse Damir Wilson. Williams turned himself in on Christmas roughly 24 hours after prosecutors charged him via sealed warrant.
Court records show he is on probation in Ramsey County and is ineligible to possess a firearm. Williams remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Jayse s death marked St. Paul s 34th homicide of 2020 tying the capital city s deadliest year of 1992.
Manslaughter charges: 2-year-old shot himself when man left gun unattended Liz Sawyer, Star Tribune
A St. Paul man who left a gun unattended while watching his girlfriend s 2-year-old son fled the state after the boy accidentally shot himself last week, charges say.
Earl Williams, 39, was charged in Ramsey County District Court with manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm in the death of Jayse Damir Wilson. Williams turned himself in to authorities on Christmas Day. He remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.
According to the criminal complaint:
Officers were called to a North End apartment building at 850 Rice St. about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday on a report of a child who had hurt his head. On arrival, they learned that the toddler suffered a gunshot wound to the forehead. He died in the ambulance eight minutes later, said police spokesman Steve Linders.