Crime & Safety
14-Year-Old With Gunshot Wound Prompted Lockdown At Maplewood Hospital
The St. Paul Police Department said a 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the leg arrived at M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital.
Updated on: August 21, 2026
A hospital in the east metro was briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday night when a teenager showed up with a gunshot wound.
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According to the St. Paul Police Department, a 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the leg arrived at M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital around 8:40 p.m. He is expected to be OK.
Police initially told WCCO a 17-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the shooting, but later said the gunshot wound was self-inflicted and no arrests had been made.
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