3-year-old killed in St. Paul; parents arrested The child was found about 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the porch of the family s apartment. January 10, 2021 5:49pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A 3-year-old girl was killed early Sunday in a St. Paul apartment and police said they have arrested the parents while continuing to figure out how the child died.
The child was found in the porch of the family s residence in the 1000 block of E. 3rd Street, a residential area in the city s Dayton s Bluff neighborhood, police said.
Five other children in the home, ranging in age from 9 months to 11 years, were turned over to Ramsey County Child Protection, police said.
The 2-year-old boy shot and killed on Dec. 23 has been ID’d as Jayse Damir Wilson.
Earl Williams, 39, of St. Paul, turned himself in Christmas night, was arrested and charged with Manslaughter in connection with the death.
It’s the 34th homicide of the year. Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) December 28, 2020
The 2-year-old boy, identified as Jayse Damir Wilson, was severely injured after he shot himself in the head in the early afternoon last Wednesday, CBS Minnesota reported.
Police officers and medics arrived at the apartment in St. Paul after someone dialed 911 reporting that a boy had “hurt his head,” according to CBS Minnesota. They found the boy with a gunshot wound on his forehead.
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A St. Paul man who left a gun unattended while watching his girlfriend s 2-year-old son fled the state after the boy accidentally shot himself last week, charges say.
Earl Williams, 39, was charged in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm in the death of Jayse Damir Wilson. Williams turned himself in on Christmas roughly 24 hours after prosecutors charged him via sealed warrant.
Court records show he is on probation in Ramsey County and is ineligible to possess a firearm. Williams remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Jayse s death marked St. Paul s 34th homicide of 2020 tying the capital city s deadliest year of 1992.
Police said the suspect turned himself in on Christmas Day. Author: Jeremiah Jacobsen Updated: 5:19 PM CST December 28, 2020
ST PAUL, Minn. St. Paul police said an arrest has been made in the shooting death of a two-year-old boy on Dec. 23.
In a post on social media on Monday, police said 39-year-old Earl Williams turned himself in on Christmas night. He was arrested and charged with second degree manslaughter and weapons charges.
Police also identified the boy who was killed as Jayse Damir Wilson.
According to a criminal complaint, emergency crews were called to an apartment on the 800 block of Rice Street on Wednesday afternoon on a report of a toddler with a medical emergency. Medics discovered three of the boy s siblings checking on him in a bathroom, where officers also discovered blood on the floor and a bullet hole in the ceiling. The boy died at the scene.