Michael Dashawn Redding, 21, was shot and killed on August 2, 2021, at about 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Pine Tree Park apartment complex on the 800 block of North Hazel Street on St. Paul’s east side. Police responded after multiple reports of gunfire and found Redding with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said two males exchanged gunfire in the parking lot. One suspect was described as a younger Black male, about 20 years old, thin, wearing a black hoodie with white lettering and dark blue skinny jeans, who fled east between the apartments and then headed south. K9 teams and a State Patrol helicopter searched the area but did not locate the suspect.

No arrests have been announced. The shooting was the 16th homicide in St. Paul for 2021. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact investigators.