Man sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for wounding St. Paul boy in New Year’s Eve shooting

A man has been sentenced to more than 27 years after being found guilty of six charges in connection with a shooting that seriously injured a 10-year-old boy in St. Paul.

Morris Robert Chie Ryan was sentenced to 327 months in prison, approximately 27 years and three months. Ryan will receive 251 days of credit for time worked.

As previously reported, Ryan was found guilty of multiple charges earlier this year, including attempted murder and first-degree assaultassault by use of a dangerous weapon and three counts of second-degree assault by use of a dangerous weapon in connection with a 2023 New Year’s Eve shooting.

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The shooting occurred at 11:56 PM on December 31, 2023, along Sherburne Avenue near North Avon Street in St. Paul.

There, officers found a boy who had been shot in the stomach, and he was taken to the hospital, where he was in critical condition but survived.

Police believe the people in the home were targeted by Ryan and Kelci Marie Meyers, the latter of whom was sentenced to 15 years in prison in June.