Retired St. Paul Police officer dies 15 years after she was assaulted in line of duty

A 17-year seasoned of the St. Paul Police Department died this past play from her injuries sustained successful an battle successful 2013.

Retired serviceman Felicia Reilly, 67, died connected Saturday, the constabulary section said successful a Facebook post.

"It’s with large sadness that we stock the passing of retired Saint Paul Police Officer Felicia Reilly, who passed distant Saturday, March 1, 2025," the station reads.

"Those who knew Felicia retrieve her arsenic compassionate, devoted, and an inspiration to many."

The St. Paul Police Retirement Association (SPPRA) said successful its rotation telephone Reilly served the section signifier 1996-2013, confirming Reilly had died "from injuries she received successful the enactment of duty."

Reilly suffered her injuries successful March 2010, erstwhile she responded to a 911 hang-up telephone astatine the location of Thomas Swenson connected the 1600 artifact of Birmingham Street. His parent told constabulary helium was threatening others and had been drinking aft helium stopped taking his bipolar upset medication.

Reilly's orders to Swenson were ignored and Swenson assaulted the officer, reportedly hitting her successful the backmost of the caput respective times. She was near with superior injuries, including treble vision, migraines and representation loss.

Swenson's parents claimed during the proceedings that Reilly's injuries happened aft she tripped implicit furniture.

However, Swenson was recovered blameworthy by a Ramsey County assemblage of 1st-degree battle and 4th-degree battle connected a constabulary serviceman and obstructing the ineligible process. He was sentenced to eight-and-a-half-years successful prison.