On November 29, 2024, at about 8:30 p.m., 33-year-old Sharif Darryl Walker-El Jr. was fatally shot while riding a westbound Green Line light rail train in St. Paul, Minnesota, as the train approached Hamline Avenue Station. Emergency responders took Walker-El to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say this was the first fatal shooting onboard a light-rail vehicle in Metro Transit’s history.

Metro Transit Police, with help from the St. Paul Police Department, were investigating and actively searching for a suspect; as of December 28, 2024, no arrests had been announced. Walker-El’s family, who knew him by the nickname Reef, described him as funny, kind and protective; his sister Kentrell Anthony said their mother has now lost two children to gun violence. A celebration of his life was scheduled for December 19, 2024, at Progressive Baptist Church, and a GoFundMe titled Remembering Sharif was organized to assist the family with funeral expenses.

Has anyone on the Green Line that evening seen anything that could help identify the person responsible?