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Police ID victim, announce arrest in St. Paul's 33rd homicide of 2020

St. Paul police found the victim inside a vehicle on the 300 block of Larpenteur Ave. East, but are still trying to determine where the shooting happened.

ST PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul investigators have made an arrest in connection with a fatal shooting Monday night on the city's north side. It was St. Paul's 33rd homicide of the year. 

According to Saint Paul Police, officers responded to the 300 block of Larpenteur Ave. East just after 7 p.m. after a 911 call reported that someone had been shot. At the scene, officers found 56-year-old Todd Gerleman of South St. Paul with an apparent gunshot wound inside a vehicle. Authorities are still working to determine where exactly the shooting happened.

Paramedics pronounced Gerleman dead at the scene.

On Wednesday police posted that a 40-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night by the Ramsey County SWAT team on the 1600 block of Chatsworth. 

Currently, St. Paul is seeing its highest homicide rate in 25 years.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is available.

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