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Metro Transit police investigating fatal shooting

There was a deadly shooting on an LRT train in St Paul
There was a deadly shooting on an LRT train in St Paul 00:19

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Metro Transit police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened around 8:30 p.m. Friday. 

Police say they responded to reports of a shooting on a Green Line train heading westbound. The train was approaching the Hamline Avenue station. 

When officers arrived they found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was taken to a local hospital but he later died. 

On Monday, the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as 33-year-old Sharif Darryl Walker-El, Jr.

No other injuries were reported. 

Police are actively searching for a suspect and the shooting is being investigated by Metro Transit police with assistance from St. Paul police. 

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