Deaths of friends in St. Paul ruled murder-suicide

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have ruled the deaths of two friends found shot about a mile apart in St. Paul a homicide and a suicide.

A spokesman for the Ramsey County medical examiner's office says 21-year-old Jordan Hughes was a homicide victim. Hughes was found with a gunshot wound in the Summit-University area on the night of July 24.

The medical examiner's office ruled that 22-year-old Mandela Jackson committed suicide. Jackson was found dead about nine hours later in the Frogtown area.

A St. Paul police spokesman tells the Star Tribune that authorities are still investigating whether Jackson was responsible for Hughes' death.

The two men were basketball teammates at Patrick Henry High School in north Minneapolis.

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