Man fatally shot on Green Line platform in St. Paul was 23-year-old from Mounds View
A man who died after he was found shot on a Green Line platform in St. Paul was a 23-year-old from Mounds View, Metro Transit police said Friday.
Kevon Ishmel Ewing suffered multiple gunshot wounds about 11 p.m. May 17 and paramedics took him to Regions Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
A single shot was fired inside the light-rail train, with additional shots fired outside on the Dale Street station platform, according to a Metro Transit police spokesperson.
“I want to make it clear that this type of violent crime or any crime will not be tolerated on our system,” Metro Transit Police Chief Ernest Morales III said in his Friday weekly video update to the public. “To those involved in this homicide, time is not your friend. I ask that you turn yourself in.”
Metro Transit police are requesting anyone with information call investigators at 612-349-7204.
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