A man who pleaded guilty to assault in a shooting that injured three people in a home in St. Paul’s Highland Park was sentenced to a seven-year prison term.
Officers responded to the shooting about 4 p.m. on June 17, 2022, on Otto Avenue off Interstate 35E and Chatsworth Street. A 45-year-old was shot in the back of his neck, a 35-year-old woman was wounded in the leg and a 30-year-old had gunshot wounds to her elbow and buttocks.
One of the victims told police he was visiting a friend at the residence when a man he knew by a nickname entered the house with a man he didn’t know, according to the criminal complaint. Suddenly, the man he didn’t know shot him.
Another victim said someone kicked open the door to the house and started shooting.
It wasn’t a random encounter, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors initially charged Glenn Everett Graddy, now 44, of St. Paul, with three counts of attempted murder. The county attorney’s office said they tried to contact the three victims but weren’t able to reach them.
A first-degree assault charge was added and a plea deal was reached, in which Graddy pleaded guilty to assault, the other charges were dismissed and he received a seven-year sentence last week.
The court found in 2022 that Graddy wasn’t competent to proceed due to mental illness. He was civilly committed, after which a judge said in 2023 that Graddy was competent to move forward with the case.
Graddy has credit for about one year and eight months already served in custody in the case, according to a court record.
