Two policemen and a fireman were shot and were killed early Sunday morning and a third police officer was injured in a suburban home Minneapolis, while responding to a call about an armed man barricaded in the home with his family, including seven children. The suspect in the shooting was also killed, officials said.
The shooting took place in a neighborhood in Burnsville, Minnesota, which was surrounded by patrol cars that kept the press and the public away from the scene of the shooting. City officials said in a news release that it started as a family matter report.
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association said negotiations with the suspect continued for four hours before a SWAT team entered the home. Seven children were inside the home, but the family was able to leave the home safely. Details about how the suspect died were not immediately released.
City officials identified the slain officers as Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Rudge, both 27. Adam Finseth, 40, a firefighter, was also killed. Another police officer, Constable Adam Medlicott, was injured and is in hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The shooting happened in a neighborhood with trees and two-story houses. An armored police vehicle parked nearby had bullet damage to its windshield, but it was not confirmed whether this was a result of the incident.
Source: News Beast
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