Police ID men in St. Paul Front Ave. shootout: Lawrence Harris, 30, and Lasean Williams, 28
St. Paul police identified the two men killed in an apparent exchange of gunfire on Front Avenue as Lawrence A. Harris, 30, of St. Paul, and Lasean T. Williams, 28, of St. Louis Park. Officers responded about 4:20 a.m. Friday to the 400 block of Front Avenue where Harris was found in the street and Williams was driven to a nearby fire station before being transported to a hospital; police say both — who knew each other — sustained multiple gunshot wounds, and their deaths are the city’s 10th and 11th homicides of 2025.
📌 Key Facts
- Victims identified as Lawrence A. Harris, 30, of St. Paul, and Lasean T. Williams, 28, of St. Louis Park.
- Officers responded about 4:20 a.m. Friday to the 400 block of Front Avenue in St. Paul; Harris was found in the street.
- Williams was driven to a nearby fire station and then transported by St. Paul Fire medics to a hospital, where he died.
- Police say the two men knew each other and both sustained multiple gunshot wounds in an apparent exchange of gunfire.
- The deaths are St. Paul’s 10th and 11th homicides of 2025, compared with 25 homicides at the same point last year.
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2 who died after exchange of gunfire in St. Paul ID’d as 28-, 30-year-old men
New information:
- Victims identified: Lawrence A. Harris, 30, of St. Paul, and Lasean T. Williams, 28, of St. Louis Park.
- Timeline/location: Officers responded about 4:20 a.m. Friday to the 400 block of Front Avenue; Harris was found in the street.
- Williams was driven to a nearby fire station and then transported by St. Paul Fire medics to a hospital, where he died.
- Police say the two men knew each other and both sustained multiple gunshot wounds in an apparent exchange of gunfire.
- Case context: These are St. Paul’s 10th and 11th homicides of 2025, compared with 25 at the same time last year.