SPPD chief highlights crisis of gun violence and access [Video]

MINNEAPOLIS — As the Lowertown neighborhood in Saint Paul mourns the brutal murder of a beloved artist, the top law enforcement official in the city is using the case to highlight the crisis of gun violence both locally and nationally.

Saint Paul Police Chief Axel Henry made the pointed comments at a press conference on Thursday afternoon, after announcing that two of his officers shot and killed the person they suspect of murdering Carrie Kwok a night earlier. 

“This murder that took place in our city, which led us to be talking about this officer-involved shooting,” Henry said, “has all kinds of hallmarks and flags that I think are going to come out in the coming days, that we as a state and as a country need to start …