Police say a 9-year-old boy who suffered an injury to his ankle Saturday night at a St. Paul residence may have been hurt by shrapnel from gunshots fired inside the home.

St. Paul Police Sgt. Mike Ernster provided the following details:

About 11 p.m. officers were called to a home in the 1400 block of Case Avenue East on reports that shots had been fired inside the home. When they arrived they found a 9-year-old boy with an ankle injury they think might have been caused by shrapnel from the gunshots. Police said the boy was walking and talking when they arrived. He was taken to Regions Hospital where he was treated and released shortly afterward.

Several shell casings from the shooting were found outside the home. The circumstances of the shooting and who is responsible for firing the shots remain under investigation.

— Kristi Miller

Burnsville man in jail for 2007 sexual assault

A 58-year-old Burnsville man convicted and sentenced last year for the 2007 sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl at a rural Brainerd home is now serving his jail time for the crime.

James Allen Tinsley pleaded guilty and was sentenced Feb. 1, 2023, in Crow Wing County District Court for felony second degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim under 16 years old and with whom they had a significant relationship.

He was sentenced to 36 months confinement, all of which was stayed for 15 years. With the stay sentence, he was ordered to serve 45 days in the Crow Wing County Jail. Following his release he is to remain law abiding and follow all conditions during his 15-year probation period.

Tinsley was to start serving his jail time starting Sept. 1, but that date was pushed back to allow him to undergo treatment for cancer. Tinsley checked into Crow Wing County Jail on April 1.

— Forum News Service

Woman sentenced for killing infant son

A St. Cloud woman who stabbed her infant son to death in 2021 was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison.

Fardoussa Omar Abdillahi, 29, was sentenced to 261 months by Stearns County District Judge Sarah Hennesy, according to a Stearns County Attorney’s Office news release. Abdillahi received jail credit for the 859 days she has spent in custody since her offense date, according to the release.

Last August, Abdillahi pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her 3-month-old boy.

— Forum News Service