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Three people were killed and two wounded after a man was arrested in a shooting in the Minnesota state capital over the weekend.
Police and the FBI arrested a 41-year-old Minneapolis man Wednesday in Chicago in connection with the St. Paul shooting, officials said.
Police found Angelica Gonzalez, 33, Corey Freeman, 42, and Maisha Spaulding, 44, dead inside the home on Sunday, and a man and a woman injured outside.
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Police said they were continuing to investigate and could not yet release further details, including the circumstances of the shooting and whether they were looking for other suspects.
“We know this arrest doesn’t erase the tragedy,” said Police Chief Stacey Murphy. “But we can start the slow healing process together.”
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office is investigating the case for potential charges.
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State Department of Corrections records show that at the time of the shooting, the detained man was under the supervision of the Hennepin County Community Corrections and Rehabilitation Authority after being released from prison on a drug charge.
He was charged with selling third-degree cocaine and possessing fifth-degree cocaine in Minneapolis in 2017. A jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
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In 2014, he was also convicted of misdemeanor assault and domestic assault causing serious bodily harm, in addition to a burglary of a residential property in Dakota County in 2012, according to Minnesota court records. was convicted of Records show he was convicted on two counts in 2013, one count in 2014, and three counts for violating protection orders or domestic violence no contact orders. .