Police killings
2013-2020

Yee Vang

Male, Asian

Date of the incident: 8/3/2014

St. Paul, Ramsey, MN
West Minnehaha Avenue at North Arundel Street

Following a mid-afternoon car crash into a suburban fence, Vang tried and failed to steal a bicycle, then carjacked an SUV with two people in it. Encountering police Vang leapt from the SUV and started shooting. Witnesses reported 5 or 6 shots. He was fatally wounded. A 14-year-old passerby also took a stray bullet in the stomach.