Montrell Maurice Bacon

On May 23, 2026, at 2222 hours, St. Paul police officers responded to the 1100 block of Minnehaha, St. Paul, Ramsey County, on a report of a domestic assault. Officers spoke to ASA, [DOB REDACTED]. She had a large area of swelling in the middle of her forehead. She said that the father of her one-month-old child, [NAME REDACTED], [DOB REDACTED], threw her on the bed and with closed fists struck her 4-5 times in the face. She placed their child between them to get him to stop. She told him that she was going to call the police, and he fled.

On May 25, 2026, officers arrested Bacon, who had returned to the residence. In a post-Miranda interview, Bacon said that ASA was the aggressor and that he was defending himself on May 23. He had a scratch mark on his inner wrist.