At around 11:45 PM on November 25, 2025, officers responded to a shooting that had occurred 20 minutes earlier. Officers found AB [DOB REDACTED] lying on the living room floor with blood on her shirt and pants. AB had a gunshot to her upper abdomen that exited the middle of her back. Officers applied seals to the wounds and later recovered a bullet next to where they found AB. Officers recovered AB’s sweater and t-shirts that had holes in the back, but not in the front. AB’s backpack had blood on it.
The bullet exited AB’s body and got caught in the front of her clothing. AB was transported to Regions Hospital and taken into surgery. IF told police AB and she were walking north on Kent Street by Charles Avenue when they heard a loud pop or snap. IF said the shooting occurred around 11:30 PM. IF had no idea who would have shot AB. IF said AB and she did not have any issues with anyone while heading to the bar, while at the bar, or while heading home from the bar. Once AB was out of surgery, she told police that she and her roommate, IF, took the light rail train home from a bar.
They got off the train and walked east on the platform. A Black male exited their train car at the same stop. AB noticed a Wendy’s poster blowing in the street. AB ran into the parking lot and grabbed the poster. AB thought she saw the same person who got off the train in the Sun Foods parking lot. AB never interacted with the other person on the train or train platform. AB and IF then walked north on Kent Street toward their apartment. They had just crossed Sherburne Avenue when AB heard a bang and fell to the ground.
AB’s ears were not ringing so she thought the shot came from a distance. AB realized she was bleeding. AB and IF went to their apartment, and another roommate called 911. AB said she did not have problems with anyone at the bar or on light rail train. AB did not see who shot her. Officers found a spent Hornady 9mm Luger shell casing near the alley on Kent Street between University and Sherburne Avenues, St. Paul, Ramsey County. Surveillance video from a pole camera in the area showed a person wearing a gray puffy coat, black pants, and white shoes run across University Avenue to Kent Street at 11:30 PM on November 25, 2025. The person ran through the Uni Dale Mall parking lot at 11:31 PM. Surveillance from New Fashion Tailoring at [ADDRESS REDACTED] West showed AB and IF running north on the west side of Kent Street from University Avenue at 11:30 PM. Tower dump analysis revealed a suspect phone number in the shooting area associated with JALEN MALIK BAYMON [DOB REDACTED]. The location of the phone was consistent with the path of travel taken by the person wearing a gray puffy coat on surveillance video.
The phone ended up at [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Albans Street at 11:34 PM on November 25, 2025. The address is associated with Baymon. Surveillance video from [ADDRESS REDACTED] showed AB and IF walking north on Kent Street from University Avenue. A male voice shouted, “Hey!” and AB and IF ran out of camera view. Baymon walked into camera view 26 seconds after AB and IF fled. Baymon stood near the alley where the casing was found, and a gunshot was heard followed by screaming in the distance. Baymon then fled through the alley.
