On April 4, 2026, at 2031 hours, Metro Transit police officers responded to 6th and Jackson, St. Paul, Ramsey County, on an assault. The incident was captured on real time video surveillance. Officers located GMM, [DOB REDACTED], unconscious on the ground with a substantial amount of blood running from his ear. The video showed GMM in a verbal dispute with a female, STP, [DOB REDACTED], and a male, Xavier Thomas Bauer, [DOB REDACTED], inside a bus shelter. STP started striking GMM in the arm with her umbrella.
GMM grabbed the umbrella from her. Bauer threw a hard closed fist punch striking GMM in the left jaw. Bauer threw another punch near GMM’s left temple, seemingly knocking him out. GMM fell backward striking the back of his head on the emergency call box and then striking the concrete footing of the shelter. Bauer and STP entered bus 1640 which left the area. Officers arrested Bauer on the bus. Both STP and Bauer yelled that it was “self-defense.” In a post-Miranda interview, Bauer said that he was justified in punching GMM twice because GMM grabbed his girlfriend’s umbrella.
GMM suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in his brain.
