No charges for officers in 2024 shooting
The St. Paul police officers who shot and injured a man last fall will not be charged by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.
RELATED: BCA: Officers identified in St. Paul incident involving suspect charged in multiple shootings
As previously reported, officers were called to the intersection of Snelling and University Avenue West on Oct. 28 for a report of shots being fired. There, law enforcement found a suspect, later identified as Earl Bennett, armed with a handgun, and police then started negotiating with him.
Bennett didn’t put the gun down or surrender and continued walking south until he reached the intersection of University and Snelling avenues.
St. Paul police say that’s when Bennett pointed the gun at his own head and walked in the middle of traffic lanes and on the median between traffic on Snelling Avenue before stopping on the light rail tracks.
That’s where police say they used less lethal projectiles to try to get Bennett to put the gun down, and he pointed his gun at officers, resulting in them firing their weapons and hitting him.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) identified the following officers who used force:
Austin Borowicz, three years of law enforcement experience, fired 40mm less lethal rounds.
Shawn Marlowe, 10 years of law enforcement experience, discharged his rifle.
Chase Robinson, 10 years of law enforcement experience, discharged his handgun.
Sgt. Lamichael Shead, eight years of law enforcement experience, discharged his handgun.
Blake Steffen, four years of law enforcement experience, discharged his rifle.
Peov Suon, three years of law enforcement experience, fired 40mm less lethal rounds.
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office determined that Shead, Marlowe, Robinson and Steffen were legally justified under Minnesota law, and no criminal charges will be filed.
Below is the referendum submitted to Ramsey County Attorney John Choi by his staff attorneys:
Memorandum in the Non-Fatal Shooting of Earl Bennett 7.25.25Download
Bennett was also charged by Hennepin County prosecutors with three counts of second-degree murder in an Oct. 27 triple homicide at a homeless encampment.
In addition to the second-degree murder charges, Bennett faces one count of attempted first-degree murder in connection with a different Minneapolis shooting and counts of second-degree assault and illegal gun possession in the encounter with St. Paul police.
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