Overview
- Gunfire broke out as people left a college graduation near the St. Paul RiverCentre on May 4, wounding two people in a chaotic exchange along Kellogg Boulevard.
- St. Paul police said Thursday that coordinated search warrants in Prior Lake, Lakeville, Minnetonka and Brooklyn Park led to five arrests in the case.
- Investigators recovered seven firearms in the investigation, including at least one handgun fitted with an illegal machine-gun conversion device that the ATF says can turn a semi-automatic into a fully automatic weapon.
- Police confirmed that one of the people arrested was among those shot on May 4 and that three people detained on the night of the shooting were earlier released.
- Ramsey County prosecutors have filed charging documents under seal pending a judge’s signature while the St. Paul Non-Fatal Shooting Unit works with the ATF and local partners to build the case, a step that could affect whether charges are brought at the federal level.