A man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in St. Paul’s Summit-University neighborhood, blocks from the state Capitol. His death marks the city’s eighth homicide of 2017.

At a news conference on scene Saturday evening, St. Paul Police Sgt. Mike Ernster said officers were called to a multi-unit dwelling at the intersection of Aurora Avenue and Marion Street around 2:45 by a report that a man had been shot. When officers arrived, they found an adult man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Ernster said the man had not been identified. He did not know if the man lived at the residence.

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St. Louis Park man, 23, accused of joining Islamic State, is returned to U.S. to face terrorism charges “We do not believe this is a random incident,” he said.

Several neighbors said the residence was the site of a lot of suspicious activity. Two of them specifically mentioned many people coming and going through a side door.

Hue Thao, who lives across the street, said he and his wife heard what they thought was a single gunshot on Saturday afternoon. Two other neighbors said they also thought they heard a gunshot, followed by a woman screaming and yelling.

Residents of the neighborhood said they thought the violence occurred in the alley behind the house, possibly in front of children who had been playing outside.