Sunday, September 08, 2013

Shoreview Homicide Victim Identified

(Sept 09, 2013, MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO))-A man who was found dead, lying in the parking lot of a business in Shoreview, has been identified.

Authorities were called to the business on the 5700 block of Hamline Avenue in Shoreview around 6:40 a.m. on Aug. 29. Upon arrival, they found a man who was already deceased. He has been identified as 26-year-old Hagos Tsegay Melake, of South St. Paul.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner said Melake died of a gunshot wound.  Investigators say Melake was last seen leaving the Hunan Garden Restaurant on Cedar Street in downtown St. Paul, around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 29.

One of his credit cards was then used an ATM at a U.S. Bank building on West Broadway in Minneapolis around 4:30 a.m. A woman was photographed using the card and police say she is a person of interest in this case. Read more from CBS Minnesota » 

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