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Chase Passauer

Case from Saint Paul, MN dated Apr 08, 2016

Victim Details

Chase Passauer

Male

Saint Paul

MN

2016-04-08

23

Chase

Passauer

07/05/2026

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In the spring of 2016, a promising young man's life was tragically cut short in what appears to have been a devastating case of mistaken identity. Chase Passauer, a 23-year-old male law clerk with aspirations of attending law school, was fatally shot at his desk on the afternoon of April 7, 2016. He was working at the North Star Criminal Defense law firm, located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, a place where he was considered not just an employee, but a friend and a ...
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  • Star Tribune: Man is fatally shot in law office above W.A. Frost
  • Law clerk's shooter gets life without parole - Pioneer Press
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