St. Paul police arrest 18-year-old in fatal shooting after "inconsistencies" in witness statements
ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police say "inconsistencies" in witnesses' statements landed an 18-year-old man in jail after another man was shot dead Monday afternoon.
When the shooting was called in around 2 p.m., it was reported as a self-inflicted wound, the St. Paul Police Department said.
Officers responded to an apartment on the 1900 block of Marshall Avenue and found a man who had been shot in the head. He died at the scene, and police said they found a handgun in the apartment.
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Police noticed discrepancies in the statements of witnesses, and subsequently arrested the 18-year-old on suspicion of murder.
The victim was identified Tuesday as 19-year-old Omar Noor Nunow.
Adnan Abdullah Abdi is facing one count of second-degree manslaughter for the shooting.
Abdi and Nunow often would play with guns and talked about pointing the guns at each other, according to a close friend who was staying at the apartment.
Abdi eventually told investigators that he had gone to the bathroom while Nunow and him were doing online classes together. When he left, Nunow had the gun. Upon his return. Abdi says he grabbed the gun, pointed it at Nunow and said, "Freeze." He then pulled the trigger without realizing the gun was loaded, striking Nunow, charges state.
This is the city's sixth homicide of 2024.