A 17-year-old was shot in the leg near the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, after the last day of the Fair ended.

Two other teenagers showed up at area hospitals soon after, and preliminary information was that the incidents were related, said Sgt. Mike Ernster, a St. Paul police spokesman.

The Fair ended at 9 p.m. Monday and gate ticket sales stopped at 6:30 p.m.

Officers were called to the 1000 block of North Snelling Avenue about 10:20 p.m. on a report of shots fired. They found the 17-year-old, and St. Paul fire medics took him to Regions Hospital for treatment.

During the same timeframe, another 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to his leg showed up at Regions and an 18-year-old who’d been shot in the neck arrived at HCMC. The victims are expected to survive their injuries, according to Ernster.

Police are working to determine what happened and who was responsible, Ernster said. They’re asking anyone with information to call police at 651-291-1111.

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