Prosecutors rejected charges in Friday’s fatal stabbing, saying they couldn’t prove it wasn’t self-defense

The Ramsey County District Attorney’s Office has declined to charge the suspect in a fatal stabbing attack Friday in St. Paul, a spokesman confirmed.

He added that prosecutors “can’t prove that.” [redacted] did not act in self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt based on the evidence presented by law enforcement.”

As previously reported, 35-year-old Derameo Q. Johnson was killed in the stabbing.

St. Paul officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 200 block of East 7th Street around 5:23 p.m. Friday.

The suspect and Johnson got into an argument in the store immediately before the stabbing. The suspect remained at the scene and was initially arrested for manslaughter.