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Bills calling for a safe storage requirement, a requirement to report lost and stolen guns in a timely manner, and setting stronger penalties for straw purchases appear to have the most support this session.
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. ...
The Ramsey County courthouse was full of emotions on Thursday afternoon as the man accused of aiding and abetting in the murder of a beloved hockey coach, husband and father learned his fate.
The prosecutor called Brasel's murder a "senseless and brazen act of violence."