Tin Cup's restaurant owner Gidget Bailey said she wanted to leave the city and move her business to Vadnais Heights after more than 20 rounds of gunfire erupted in her parking lot last Thursday night.

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"I had just had enough and did not think city leaders were doing enough to help us," Bailey said. "But, I am very excited that Sheriff Fletcher wants to put a substation here to help and I am no longer considering moving."

Fletcher said it only makes sense to allocate law enforcement resources where the greatest trouble spots are for any agency dealing with a spike in gunfire.

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"It is really not that hard to figure out what needs to be done," Fletcher said. "We have some gang problems, we have a lot of shootings along Rice Street and let's just re-deploy some of our resources to where the problem is."

Fletcher also said he wants to work with St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell and Mayor Melvin Carter on hopefully relocating the SPPD's Central District precinct back to Rice Street where it used to be more than a decade ago.

"There is no doubt that moving the Central District downtown and closing up the old Ramsey County sheriff's substation did not help," Fletcher said. "There ought to be a precinct here and it really ought to be a major precinct up in this neighborhood."

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS asked Axtell's office and Carter's office to react to Fletcher's comments, but they have not yet responded.

Bailey said she was thankful for the extra help and is excited to stay in St. Paul and very thankful no one was hurt when bullets started flying outside Tin Cup's.

"That was just horrible and I cannot even imagine why people would do such a thing," Bailey said. "I am just so grateful that nobody was injured or, God forbid, killed."