<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3CHkie_0vlJS6cj00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3CHkie_0vlJS6cj00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure><p>St. Paul police say a man shot and killed an artist working on a Lowertown mural at random in a "cold-blooded" attack Wednesday evening before he fled to Belle Plaine, where he was fatally shot during an arrest attempt the next morning by officers who tracked him down.</p><p>The woman, who has not been identified, was killed at 5:30 p.m. while on her knees working on a project in an alley near the Lowertown Lofts Artist Cooperative at 255 Kellogg Blvd. E., which provides housing and studio space for artists.</p><p>The suspect fled in a vehicle, St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry said during a Thursday afternoon news briefing. Surveillance video captured the shooting. Henry reviewed that video and called the killing one of the most brazen acts he's seen in 30 years of policing.</p></div></body>

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Police: Man killed St. Paul artist at random before he was fatally shot by police in Belle Plaine

St. Paul police say a man shot and killed an artist working on a Lowertown mural at random in a \"cold-blooded\" attack Wednesday evening before he fled to Belle Plaine, where he was fatally shot during an arrest attempt the next morning by officers who tracked him down. The woman,...

St. Paul police say a man shot and killed an artist working on a Lowertown mural at random in a "cold-blooded" attack Wednesday evening before he fled to Belle Plaine, where he was fatally shot during an arrest attempt the next morning by officers who tracked him down. The woman,...