St. Paul police investigating East Side homicide

MINNEAPOLIS – St. Paul police say a man has died of an apparent stab wound after he was found on an East Side street. Police say the Friday incident was the city’s 23rd homicide of the year.

Officers were called to the intersection of White Bear Avenue and E. 7th Street at about 9 p.m. Friday, where they found the victim lying in the street. The man, reported to be in his 20s, was taken to Regions Hospital where he died.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office will do an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death and positively identify the man.

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