One person was killed and others wounded midday Monday from gunfire outside a funeral home in St. Paul, where services were about to be held for a man who was fatally shot in the city early this month, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 11:20 a.m. on the West Side in the 400 block of Humboldt Avenue near the Bradshaw Funeral Home’s Simple Traditions location, where services for 26-year-old Casanova Carter had been scheduled.
“Multiple people shot, one died from injuries,” according a police statement on Twitter.
There was no word yet on arrests or a motive for the shooting.
There have been eight homicides in St. Paul so far this year.
Carter, of St. Paul, was shot on the night of Feb. 1 in the 700 block of Winslow Avenue. He died at the scene. Among his survivors are three children.
Carter’s father, Rheuben Johnson, said Monday he was at the funeral home when the shots were fired, but otherwise, “I don’t want to talk about that.”
Police have yet to announce any arrests in connection with Carter’s death. Police said they do not believe this shooting was random.
The shooting is the latest to occur at a Twin Cities funeral or vigil, which can often become targets for gang violence. Last June, Dontevius Ahmad Catchings was shot and killed outside Shiloh Temple in north Minneapolis while attending the funeral for Christopher Robert Jones Jr., — one of two men killed outside the Monarch nightclub in downtown Minneapolis on May 22 in a mass shooting that also left several wounded.
In 2019, two men were shot and wounded while attending a wake and services at Estes Funeral Home in north Minneapolis. The year before, a suspect opened fire on a group standing around a makeshift memorial for shooting victim Nathan Hampton at Minneapolis’ North Commons Park.
Anyone with information about either shooting is urged by police to call them at 651-266-5650.
Star Tribune staff writer Libor Jany contributed to this report.