Dispute leads to slaying
St. Paul police are investigating the shooting death of a man.
Police said officers were called about 6:20 p.m. Friday to a report of a shooting and a man down in the street. Paramedics pronounced Troy Leonard Crawford, 27, St. Paul, dead on the scene.
The St. Paul Police Department said security cameras caught footage of the incident. The preliminary investigation indicates there was a dispute or fight between several people, including Crawford.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office was expected to perform an autopsy.
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Man accused in assault
A man is scheduled to appear in Hennepin County court Monday after being accused of locking up an 8-year-old friend of his children and abusing her.
Abdi Mohamed Jama, 32, Eden Prairie, is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
According to the criminal complaint, the child's father went looking for her at Jama's house July 25.
Jama's children let in the girl's father, and he heard his daughter's voice coming from an upstairs bedroom. The complaint said the father found the girl locked in with Jama.
They went home, where she told her father that Jama sexually assaulted her before he arrived.
The complaint said Jama denied it. Jama said he was in the room praying when the girl came in and locked the door.
