On the evening of August 30, 2016, 26-year-old Kin Reynolds Jr., a Black man, was shot and killed in Saint Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood near Edmund Avenue and Grotto Street shortly after 9:30 p.m. Residents reported hearing about ten gunshots in rapid succession. Officers who responded found three men with gunshot wounds; Reynolds suffered fatal injuries and the two other victims were taken to a hospital and expected to survive.

Witnesses said Reynolds had left Willard’s Liquors by himself moments before the shooting. Investigators characterized the attack as not random, indicating Reynolds or his group may have been targeted. The ATF assisted and a K9 team searched the area for evidence, but no suspects were immediately identified or arrested. The family asked for peace and answers after the killing.