ST. PAUL, MN — St. Paul has agreed to pay $350,000 to a man who was shot by police in 2020 while officers tried to arrest him in a rape case. The settlement follows a lawsuit that challenged whether the officers needed to fire their weapons.
The man survived the shooting and is now serving a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping.
The 2020 shooting
Police were attempting to arrest the man in connection with a rape investigation when shots were fired. The source does not give more details about the confrontation itself, only that the lawsuit raised questions about whether the use of force was necessary.
The case later drew enough legal scrutiny to end with the city agreeing to the payout.
Settlement amount and view
The city’s payment will come from taxpayer money. The settlement amount is $350,000.
An attorney quoted in the report said St. Paul “got off cheap,” indicating the city avoided a larger financial loss than it might have faced if the case had gone farther.
What the case means now
The legal dispute is now resolved through the settlement. The underlying criminal case also ended separately, with the man convicted and sentenced to three decades in prison.
For St. Paul, the payout closes one chapter of a case that began with an attempted arrest and ended with questions about police force and public cost.
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