St. Paul police spokesperson Steve Linders said the department received a call reporting shots fired around 5:30 p.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found a man who had been shot. He was taken to Regions Hospital and is being treated for injuries not considered to be life-threatening.

Police said the man was reportedly in a vehicle when someone came up and started shooting.

No one is in custody at this time. Police are working with eyewitness accounts and still collecting evidence.

Tin Cup’s employee Mike Hahn was on his break when the shooting happened.

“I saw a guy shooting a gun multiple times and he was running towards the house and he was shooting at the vehicle,” he said. “I was worried about the person in the car. I ran over there, I was worried about them.”

Hahn, and other witnesses on the scene, said the victim jumped out of his SUV and fled. Witnesses told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the SUV then rolled down the street until it stopped in a front yard.

“The guy fled out of his vehicle, he was shot numerous times,” said Hahn.

He said the suspect also fled.

Gidget Bailey, who owns Tin Cup's Restaurant on Rice Street, said the shooting unfolded as people were starting to arrive for Bingo, which begins at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

“People were coming in and this is not good for any of our businesses on the avenue,” said Bailey. “We don’t have enough police officers right now to patrol to help everybody out, this is insane. It's ridiculous. I can't believe that the mayor of St. Paul does not understand that, nor the city council people and it's time for change.”

“November is right around the corner for elections and I’m just praying everyone gets out and casts a vote.”

Dating back to last year, a spike in violent crimes on St. Paul's North End has led some residents to obtain permit to carry concealed weapons and to organize a petition drive to bring back the city's Central District Police Station to their neighborhood.

Some St. Paul residents want police station brought back to North End neighborhood

Bailey started the petition last year with hopes of convincing city leaders to move the Central District Station back to the neighborhood from its current location downtown.

Bailey told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS last year that the city promised to bring the Central District Police Station back to North End when it moved in 2003, but has gone back on that promise.

In August, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office opened a substation at Rice Street and Sycamore Street.

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