A shooting in a St. Paul apartment building led to a SWAT team response early Monday.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting just after 3 a.m. in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood. They found a man in a building in the 1100 block of Westminster Street who was shot in the back, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman.

Paramedics took the man to Regions Hospital with possible life-threatening injuries, according to Ernster.

Police searched for a suspect and the department’s SWAT team responded to the apartment building, making announcements for a person to exit. The team searched the building and didn’t find a suspect, Ernster said.

No one was under arrest as of Monday morning.

“We do not believe this is a random incident and the investigation is active and ongoing,” Ernster said.

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