Hsa Werlay Ku

On February 21, 2026, St. Paul police officers stopped a Toyota Highlander at Magnolia and Mississippi, St. Paul, Ramsey County, for a stop sign violation. In plain view, officers observed a handgun under the driver’s leg. That gun was later identified as a BB Gun. Officers removed all three occupants. Hsa Werlay Ku, [DOB REDACTED], had been seated in the front passenger seat. Under that seat, officers recovered a Ruger EC9S handgun. That firearm had been reported stolen. Ku and the other occupants declined custodial interviews.

DNA analysis revealed that Ku’s DNA profile was in swabs taken from the gun. The other occupants of the vehicle were excluded from the DNA mixture. Ku is ineligible to possess firearms due to a juvenile adjudication in Freeborn Count for Simple Robbery, 24JV211204, 06/07/2022.