Overview
- The Minnesota House passed a public-safety package this week that includes $1 million to launch a clearance grant program for nonfatal shooting cases.
- Ramsey County Attorney John Choi pressed lawmakers to pass HF1082, a bipartisan grant bill by Reps. Kelly Moller and Paul Novotny.
- City data show St. Paul’s 2025 clearance rate for nonfatal shootings rose to 71 percent from 37 percent, as nonfatal shootings fell 62 percent and shots-fired reports dropped 55 percent.
- The approach treats nonfatal shootings like homicides by using overtime investigators, fast on-scene forensics, and support for intimidated witnesses.
- The push builds on a 2023 state-funded St. Paul pilot modeled on Denver’s 2020 move to investigate every shooting as a homicide case.