Police believe a Ramsey County sheriff’s office squad car was hit by a bullet during an unrelated traffic stop Friday night in St. Paul.
During the 8:40 p.m. stop in the 1600 block of Maryland Avenue East, St. Paul police officers were assisting deputies when they heard gunfire, according to Nikki Muehlhausen, a St. Paul Police Department public information officer.
Police found a man with a single gunshot wound to his armpit in a nearby parking lot. He was taken to Regions Hospital with a gunshot wound believed to be non-life threatening and underwent surgery.
The shooter is believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle and an active search is underway.
“While it is very early into the investigation, it is believed that a Ramsey County squad was hit by a round. No RCSO deputies or SPPD officers were injured,” Muehlhausen said. “Right now, investigators do not believe the traffic stop is related to the shooting.”
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