A violent disturbance at an apartment complex on the 700 block of North Victoria Street in Saint Paul on November 30, 2025, left 32-year-old Tarik Hazem Hassan dead. Officers were called about gunfire around 1:40 a.m.; first responders found Hassan on the lower-level unit living room floor with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Medics attempted lifesaving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators reported drug paraphernalia, signs of a struggle, and that the unit was a frequent site of disturbances.

Witnesses told police the apartment was crowded with more than ten people and described one man, identified as Spencer Curtis McAloney, acting erratically and allegedly claiming others were plotting against him. According to the criminal complaint, Hassan tried to calm McAloney before McAloney drew a firearm and fired several rounds, fatally striking Hassan. Prosecutors say McAloney then pointed the gun at a neighbor outside and pulled the trigger but the weapon did not fire. McAloney fled in a silver Toyota Camry, crashed nearby during a police pursuit, and was arrested; officers recovered a handgun at the crash. McAloney, 27, was charged in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree murder with intent, second-degree attempted murder, and possession of a firearm by an ineligible person. Was anyone in the building that night aware of tensions in that unit before the shooting?