Crime & Safety
Stillwater Shooting: 20-Year-Old Victim Identified
Charles O'Connell was fatally shot in a residential neighborhood Friday and died hours later.
STILLWATER, MN — The man shot dead last week in a residential neighborhood of Stillwater has been identified. Charles O’Connell, 20, of Stillwater died within hours after the shooting was reported to police.
On Friday at about 7 p.m., the Stillwater Police Department was dispatched to Lakeview Hospital on the report of a gunshot victim. O’Connell was shot on the 100 block of Bayberry Avenue Court and was transported to Lakeview in a private vehicle, according to authorities.
An 18-year-old "person of interest" was arrested at the hospital Friday on suspicion of murder. He was not charged and police released him from jail Monday, the Pioneer Press reported.
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The shooting is being investigated by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
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