After a 23-year-old shot and wounded a man in St. Paul and led police on a chase that reached 80 mph another day, officers took no chances when they tried to arrest him Monday, according to criminal charges and police.

A SWAT team spent hours outside a Dayton’s Bluff residence, calling the man to come outside and surrender. But it turned out he wasn’t there, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman.

Police are still looking for Delaquay Levius Williams, of St. Paul, who has been charged in two recent cases and who has a warrant for his arrest.

On Feb. 18 at 9 p.m., officers responded after a 20-year-old man was shot four times outside an apartment building on East Maryland Avenue, between Hazelwood and Kennard streets. The man was shot in his buttocks, twice in the thigh and had a fractured femur from a gunshot wound, according to a criminal complaint against Williams.

The wounded man told police he is an EveryBody Killer gang member who also associates with the HAM Crazy gang, and he had switched over from West Side to East Side gangs five or six years ago, the complaint said.

“He said he knew who shot him but didn’t want to say,” the complaint continued.

Surveillance video showed the shooter exited a Dodge Charger, and a gang/gun unit officer recognized the man as Williams, whom the complaint said “is a gang associate.”

The video showed the men exchanged words and a woman with Williams tried to separate them. Williams pulled out a handgun and shot the man, who was unarmed, the complaint said. The man crawled back into the apartment building and was helped by people inside.

On Feb. 28, officers came across the Dodge Charger and followed it to the SuperAmerica at East Maryland Avenue and Arkwright Street, where it stopped at a gas pump.

Officers activated their squad car’s emergency lights and ordered the driver, who they recognized as Williams, to put his hands up and turn off the vehicle, according to a criminal complaint.

Williams put his hands up at first, but then drove off, the complaint said. He reached 80 mph on Maryland Avenue, went north on Interstate 35E into Roseville, circled back and began heading the wrong way on the freeway, the complaint said. Police canceled the pursuit.

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Therapy dog-in training stolen in St. Paul found, reunited with owners On Monday, after police heard Williams could be in a home at Reaney Avenue and Earl Street, the SWAT team gathered outside with the department’s BearCat, an armored vehicle. Officers later determined Williams wasn’t there, Ernster said.

The Ramsey County attorney’s office charged Williams with second-degree assault, possession of a firearm by someone who has been convicted of a crime of violence and fleeing police in a motor vehicle.