Donate To Wife, Kids Of Good Samaritan Shot Dead In St. Paul

SAINT PAUL — Donations are pouring in for the family of Javier Sanmiguel, the good Samaritan who was shot and killed while trying to help people in a car crash outside his house. Sanmiguel leaves behind his wife, Kayla, and four children named Javier, Emilia, Isabel and Petra

"Any amount of prayer and/or monetary donation is helpful beyond explanation," reads the GoFundMe page established for his family.

"Javier was a loving, upstanding and faithful man for his God, family, and community. Your donations mean more than can be said in words."

On Monday, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Case Avenue East and Edgerton Street North at 10 p.m. on a report of a multiple-vehicle crash. While officers were on the way to the scene, the call was updated with a report of shots fired.

Four cars were involved in the crash. At the scene, police found a woman whose car had been rear ended, a good Samaritan with gunshot wounds, and the suspect, who was driving another vehicle involved in the crash.

Officers took the suspect into custody. Javier Sanmiguel was pronounced dead by paramedics.

According to witnesses, the suspect was driving southbound on Edgerton Street when he rear-ended a woman who was also driving southbound. The crash caused the woman’s vehicle to cross into the northbound lane and hit a parked car, according to a news release.

The suspect’s vehicle continued and struck a different parked car on the northwest corner of Edgerton and Case. At this point, the victim arrived at the scene and attempted to help the drivers. The suspect then began to shoot from inside his vehicle and struck the victim in the head, according to police.

Investigators are interviewing witnesses and looking for any evidence to understand what occurred after this crash. The department’s Forensic Services Unit will be actively processing the scene for evidence.

It was Saint Paul's third homicide in nine hours, police said. This is the 18th homicide this year in Saint Paul.

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