At around 5:00 AM on February 28, 2026, officers went to [ADDRESS REDACTED], St. Paul, Ramsey County on a shooting. A caller, later identified as BROOKE EMILY MOONEY [DOB REDACTED], reported juveniles drinking and honking a car horn in the parking lot. Dispatch heard seven sporadic gunshots in the background. A silver sedan left the parking lot towards Dale Street. Officers found 5 spent 9mm casings outside the back door at [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Officers learned that a silver Ford Fusion showed up at Regions Hospital a gunshot victim.
The Fusion had two bullet holes and a bullet deflection in the passenger side door. A witness told police that their daughter saw shots fired from the silver car towards [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Officers spoke to CM who said she was driving the Fusion when Brooke Mooney shot at them. CM said her father recently overdosed at [ADDRESS REDACTED] and they drove through the alley honking in remembrance of him. Mooney came outside and fired 5-6 rounds at the Fusion. CM sped away and drove her friend to the hospital.
Officers spoke to MR at the hospital. MR said he was in the Fusion when Mooney exited the residence and fired a handgun at them. Officers spoke to ZH [DOB REDACTED] who was reluctant to discuss the shooting. ZH had a through-and- through gunshot wound to her lower right leg and an entrance wound to her lower left leg. The officer told ZH that the suspect’s first name started with a B, and ZH provided the name of Brooke. ZH said Brooke was a white female in her 30’s with brown hair. ZH said Brooke was like an aunt to one of her friends.
ZH said all they were doing was driving around the block and honking their horn. ZH said she did not see who shot at them, but she thought it was Brooke. A doctor advised ZH that she had broken her left leg. Officers made contact with and arrested Mooney at her apartment at [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Officers conducted a safety sweep of Mooney’s apartment, but they did not locate anyone in need of medical assistance. Officers saw a black pistol holster in plain view in Mooney’s black pickup truck parked in the alley behind [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Officers obtained a search warrant for Mooney’s apartment and truck.
Officers found a 9mm handgun stuffed inside a paper shredder bin. Officers found suspected methamphetamine in a white backpack. Mooney was advised of her constitutional rights and agreed to speak to police. She said she heard yelling and honking outside her apartment. She stepped out of the front of her building and saw a silver sedan across the street. She went back inside her apartment and called 911. She then heard more honking and yelling from the alley. She saw the silver sedan drive slowly down the alley, and she heard 2-3 loud noises she thought came from the direction the sedan headed.
Mooney said it was too dark to see the driver, but the passenger was a Black female. Mooney returned to her apartment for safety. Mooney denied possessing guns or firearms because she was a convicted felon. When asked if she was on bad terms with anyone, Mooney said the only person who would have set her up was CM. Mooney suspected CM of damaging her vehicle’s window two nights earlier. She said CM has a vendetta against her. Investigators advised Mooney of her constitutional rights, and she agreed to speak to them.
