Charles Anthony Hudson, 31, was fatally shot on the evening of April 18, 2016, around 6:45 p.m. He was found with gunshot wounds outside the Hamline Apartments in the 400 block of East Magnolia Avenue in St. Paul and later died at the hospital. Known as CJ, Hudson was a father to a 5-year-old daughter and had grown up in St. Louis before moving to Minneapolis with his family as a child.

No arrests have been announced. St. Paul police are investigating, interviewing witnesses and asking the public for information, but have not released descriptions or names of possible suspects and have not said whether this killing is linked to other shootings in the area at that time. Hudson’s family remains devastated and is seeking answers.

If anyone has information about Charles Hudson’s death or saw activity near East Magnolia Avenue on April 18, 2016, please contact the St. Paul homicide unit.