Homicide investigation underway after woman found dead in St. Paul residence

Mara H. Gottfried, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
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Sep. 28—Police launched a homicide investigation early Tuesday after a woman was found dead in a residence in St. Paul's North End.

The investigation is in the 30 block of West Winnipeg Avenue near Sylvan Street and Oakland Cemetery.

A man called police after 3 a.m., and reported he had just killed his wife and was at the police station, according to initial police dispatches of the incident. Officers found him close to St. Paul police headquarters and took him into custody.

The man said he had shot his wife and provided police with his address on Winnipeg Avenue, which officers responded to and then radioed for paramedics to come inside.

The police department said they will be releasing information later Tuesday morning.

The homicide was the 30th of the year in St. Paul and the eighth this month, including a quadruple fatal shooting. The last time there were this many homicides in a month in St. Paul was September 2019, when there were also eight.