Victim Identified In Family-Dispute Shooting Death

ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) -- Police have identified the person they arrested in connection with Wednesday afternoon's shooting death in St. Paul.

According to police, 32-year-old St. Paul resident Justin Matthew Girling has been taken into custody.

The St. Paul Police Department responded to a report of a shooting on the 1000 block of East Third Street around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators said a family dispute led to the shooting and the suspect and victim are related.

The victim was identified as 47-year-old Kurt Schmeck.

Girling has been booked into Ramsey County Jail.

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