By Associated Press - Friday, April 8, 2016

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Police say a suspect is being sought in a shooting above a restaurant in a historic district of St. Paul that killed one person.

The shooting happened late Thursday afternoon in one of the small businesses above the W.A. Frost & Company restaurant. St. Paul police Sgt. Mike Ernster said at a news conference that a suspect was being sought in “an active and open investigation.”

Ernster said the shooting is “an isolated and nonrandom incident.”

The Star Tribune (https://strib.mn/1SDG3ap ) reports the building was locked down for several hours. A street was closed at one of St. Paul’s busiest intersections.

The shooting happened in the historic Dacotah Building in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood.

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Information from: Star Tribune, https://www.startribune.com

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