The St. Paul man arrested in connection with a shooting at a Fourth of July fireworks gathering was released from custody Friday.
Jarrell Ray Kirk, 27, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault at a gathering on St. Paul’s West Side, according to officials. According to a search warrant, Kirk said he was involved in an altercation and that he fired his gun, which he has a permit to carry, after someone fired at him first. Kirk was released Friday afternoon from the Ramsey County Jail pending investigation.
No criminal charges were filed against him.
Police were flagged down Wednesday about 10:45 p.m. by a driver who said he was taking his brother to the hospital, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman. The man was shot in the leg and torso.
Officers located Kirk near his apartment after a relative of the man shot gave them a description and license plate number of what she described as the suspect’s vehicle, Ernster said.
Kirk approached officers and told them he was in an altercation and that he left the gun in his apartment “for safekeeping before coming out to speak to” officials, according to the search warrant affidavit.
Police found a 9mm gun on Kirk’s living room table and his permit to carry, according to an inventory with a search warrant.