The family of a 16-year-old girl killed Wednesday night when someone shot into a St. Paul home is convinced she wasn’t the target.
Sadeya Hall was at a 17-year-old friend’s home in the Payne-Phalen area when someone outside the home shot into the basement, according to the father of the 17-year-old. His daughter and an 18-year-old male were injured.
Police said they were called to a report of gunshots in the 500 block of Case Street on Wednesday about 10:30 p.m. Hall was pronounced dead at the scene. Paramedics took the two other teens to Regions Hospital. Police have not provided information about their conditions.
The case does not appear random, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman. Police have not announced arrests.
Police Clips, based on scanner traffic, posted that a woman reported her daughter was shot in the back and a male was shot in the leg. The female victim was said to be in a house and shots came from the alley and through the window, according to Police Clips.
Homicide investigators are interviewing witnesses and working to determine what circumstances led to the incident, Ernster said. Police are asking anyone with information to call them at 651-266-5650.
A fundraising site has been established for Hall’s family at www.gofundme.com/burial-for-sadeya-hall,
Hall’s homicide is the third of the week in St. Paul. A man died Sunday night after being shot on a Dayton’s Bluff street on Hudson Road near Earl Street. A 5-month-old baby also died Sunday after suffering head trauma; a 19-year-old who was babysitting him in her Highland Park apartment has been charged with murder.