St. Cloud arena struck by stray bullet after shooting near SCSU campus

St. Cloud police say the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center at St. Cloud State University was struck by a stray bullet on Sunday afternoon.

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The backstory:

St. Cloud police responded around 2 p.m. to the report of shots fired near 6th Avenue and 13th Street, about a block from the St. Cloud State campus.

St. Cloud arena struck by gunfire

Local perspective:

Officers say they learned five shots had been fired during the incident but no one had been hurt. However, they later noticed that one of the stray shots had hit a second-floor window at the National Hockey Center.

No one was hurt in the shooting, either at the crime scene or at the hockey center.

Dig deeper:

Police do not believe the arena was the intended target of the shooting. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing and police are working to identify the suspect.

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