Crowd confronts first responders after two shot at West St. Paul gas station, police say

Police in West St. Paul say a large group of people confronted first responders and refused commands to leave the scene of a shooting at a gas station Sunday night that left two people injured.

Officers from several nearby agencies were called to the Marathon gas station at 433 E. Mendota Road to help with crowd control. Some people attempted to take control of a vehicle occupied by one of the shooting victims, according to a statement from West St. Paul police.

The original call came in about a woman who was shot in the foot near the gas pumps about 8:48 p.m. Police arrived and found the woman with a gunshot wound to a lower extremity and an adult male with multiple gunshot wounds, the statement said.

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