FALCON HEIGHTS, MN (KELO.com) — St. Paul police said a woman was struck by a car and three people were shot and injured in the final hours of the 2019 Minnesota State Fair.
All three shooting victims are expected to survive, but the woman hit by the vehicle was in critical condition as of Tuesday morning.
Officers were originally called to the intersection of Snelling Avenue and Fair Place West around 10 p.m., on a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Police arrived to find a 19-year-old woman lying on Snelling Avenue. The woman was breathing but unresponsive, and taken to Regions Hospital.
Witnesses reported a fight in the area, shortly before the woman ended up in the road. Police said the driver stopped but left the scene when bystanders hit and kicked his vehicle. He drove to another location and called 911. Officers said the driver did not appear to be impaired and is cooperating with investigators.
While officers were investigating that scene, they heard several gunshots about a block away near the main entrance of the Fairgrounds. Officers rushed to that scene and found a man with a gunshot wound. Two other victims showed up at nearby hospitals a short time later.
Two of the victims are in their 20s; one was shot in the stomach and groin area; another was hit in the hand. A third 18-year-old victim was shot in the shoulder. All three gunshot victims were treated for their injuries.
No arrests have been made in the shooting.
(kare11.com contributed to this story)
