Arturo Torres

On June 7, 2026, at 0916 hours, St. Paul police officers responded to 1075 Jenks, St. Paul, Ramsey County, on a report of a male threatening a roommate with a gun. JCE, [DOB REDACTED], stated that he woke up to his daughter, RRE, [DOB REDACTED], and her boyfriend, Arturo Torres, [DOB REDACTED], having a verbal argument. Torres was ordering RRE to leave the residence where they all live. Torres came into his room and pointed a gun at him. He said he would shoot JCE if he did not leave. JCE gathered his belonging and fled the scene.

He met officers away from the home. Officers spoke to RRE. She confirmed that she and Torres were arguing and he ordered her and her dad to leave. He was going back and forth from the house to the garage. She heard him cock a gun in the living room. RRE’s children, VTR and CT, said they saw Torres standing in the living room with a gun to his side. He cocked it and went into JCE’s room. Officers arrested Torres at 1075 Jenks. They located a black Smith & Wesson handgun and magazines with live rounds on top of a cabinet in the garage.

In a post-Miranda interview, Torres denied having a firearm and he denied assaulting anyone.