The three members of the police department in St. Paul, Minnesota, who shot at a gunman during a shooting spree last year will not be charged in the incident by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, the agency said on Monday.
Officials concluded after reviewing evidence gathered and presented by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in connection with the shooting that “the use of deadly force by Sergeant Megan Kosloske, and SPPD Officers Melissa Leistikow and Christopher Leon was legally justified under Minnesota law.”
The incident happened on July 11, 2025. Police said officers responded to a house on the 1500 block of Jessamine Lane in St. Paul around 11:40 a.m. for a report of shots fired in the residence. According to the BCA, the suspect, later identified as Bellaphant, fired a gun inside the home before taking a 4-year-old child without permission and leaving…