ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Latest on the shootings at the end of the Minnesota State Fair (all times local):
3:45 p.m.
St. Paul police are still trying to determine if there are connections between a fight that broke out late Monday outside the Minnesota State Fair, a pedestrian who was struck by a car, and the shootings of three people.
Police spokesman Steve Linders says they don’t know why someone would so brazenly open fire where there were so many people and officers around.
Linders identified the woman struck by the car as 19-year-old Dynasty Scott. She’s in critical but stable condition. He says it’s unclear if she had any involvement in the fight that preceded the nearby nonfatal shootings. The driver cooperated with police and has not been cited.
The fair’s general manager, Jerry Hammer, says he can’t recall any incidents involving firearms there, and that even fights are rare.
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6 a.m.
St. Paul police say it was a chaotic close to the Minnesota State Fair as a pedestrian was struck by a car and three men were wounded by gunfire.
Authorities say an altercation broke out about 10:20 p.m. Monday outside a fair gate and a woman was hit by a vehicle. She’s in critical condition at Regions Hospital.
Police spokesman Steve Linders says the driver of the car stopped, but people started beating his vehicle so he drove to another location and called authorities.
As officers were investigating the accident, several gunshots could be heard nearby. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound. Two other men soon showed up at Regions and United hospitals with gunshot wounds related to the incident.
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