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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Two Youths Shot Near Basketball Game In Saint Paul

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Two youths shot near basketball game in St. Paul
A child and a teenager were shot in their legs near where a group of teenagers was playing basketball in a St. Paul neighborhood Friday night.

By Tom Ford and Laura Pabst, Star Tribune

Last update: May 19, 2007 – 12:29 AM

Shots were fired where a group of teenagers was playing basketball in a residential area of St. Paul Friday night, injuring a 5-year-old and a 16-year-old. Both were shot in the leg.
Police spokesman Tom Walsh said the two were taken to Regions Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the shooting happened at about 8:25 p.m. at 650 Central Avenue, near Dale Street.

Police Sergeant Dan Anderson said police "were not getting a lot of cooperation from the crowd" that was playing basketball.

The Rev. Byron Moore, who was sitting nearby on the steps outside the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, said the group scattered when three to four shots were fired.

Moore said shootings are unusual on the block, which has several longstanding families living on it.

Walsh said no one had been arrested by late Friday night.

Further details were not immediately available.

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