A shooting at a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, left one person dead and at least 14 injured, police said Sunday.
The victim,
a woman "in her twenties,"
was pronounced dead and the injured were taken to area hospitals for medical attention, although all are expected to survive, police added in a statement.
No one has been arrested as of Sunday morning.
Scene outside a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota where a shooting broke out St. Paul Police Department
When agents went to the scene, located in the 200 block of West 7th Street at 12:15 am on Sunday, after receiving a call to 911, they found "a chaotic scene in which 15 people suffered gunshot wounds." , as reported by the police.
"One of them was declared dead without being transferred to the hospital," they
specified.
Everything seems to indicate that there was
not one but several attackers,
although the motive has not yet been determined, according to the information obtained so far.
[He held a woman hostage for 5 hours in Los Angeles. This is how he was shot down by SWAT]
"My heart breaks for the woman who was murdered, for her loved ones and for everyone who was in that bar this morning," said Saint Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell.
“In an instant they found themselves trapped in a hellish situation.
I want them to know that we have the best investigators in the country, and that we will not stop until we find those responsible for this madness, "he warned.
He took a hostage and held the LAPD in check for hours.
So they neutralized it
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The medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy on the young woman to determine the exact cause of her death.
A team of investigators is working on the scene to piece together the events and find out what led to the shooting, the statement said.
For now, they are interviewing witnesses and victims.
This is the 32nd homicide in the city so far this year.