ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two men were killed and three other people were injured in a second shooting outside gatherings to mourn loved ones in St. Paul this weekend.
\nThe St. Paul Police Department said all five people were shot in a parking lot shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday during an altercation after a celebration-of-life event. One man died at the scene while a second man died at a hospital after he was taken there in a private vehicle.
\nThe three people who were injured included a man who was in critical condition Saturday and two women with injuries not considered life-threatening.
\nNo arrests had been made as of Sunday morning. None of the victims’ names were released immediately.
\nSaturday’s shooting came one day after three teens were shot and injured at a funeral reception for a Harding High School student who had been fatally stabbed at school two weeks earlier.
\nMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz tweeted Saturday night that \u201cthe gun violence in St. Paul this weekend is unacceptable.\u201d
\nPolice said there was no evidence the two weekend shootings were connected, but St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said he was exasperated by the violence.
\n\u201cWe are tired of having this press conference. We\u2019re tired of the words \u2018disgusted\u2019 and \u2018senseless\u2019 and \u2018frustrating\u2019 \u2014 and we\u2019re tired of having to figure out how to wrap words around violence,\u201d Carter said at a Saturday night press conference. \u201cWhen we see events like tonight it shakes our sense of security; it\u2019s just plain heartbreaking.\u201d
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