Two police officers and a paramedic were shot and killed in a Twin Cities suburb Sunday morning, authorities said, and the man who shot them is also dead.
A gunman has shot two cops and a paramedic dead while responding to a domestic incident early Sunday morning in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States.
Cases of mass shooting in common in many states in the
United States of America.
The two cops and the paramedic were killed after an
hour-long standoff following a domestic abuse call, where a gunman barricaded
himself inside a home with a woman and seven children before firing on the
three, then turning a gun on himself, Star Tribune reports.
The newspaper reports that officers responded to the
residence the 12600 block of 33rd Avenue S. just before 2 a.m. and attempted to
communicate with those inside.
It reports that gunfire erupted several hours later,
striking three officers and a 40-year-old fire medic as he tended to one of the
wounded.
The name of the deceased are officers Paul Elmstrand and
Matthew Ruge, both 27, and firefighter/paramedic, Adam Finseth, 40.
Police Sgt. Adam Medlicott was hospitalized with gunshot
wounds but is expected to survive, according to a Burnsville news release.
According to the CNN, the other family members were able to
leave the home and were safe.
A total of seven children between the ages of two and 15
were in the home, Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Investigation said during a news conference Sunday. He said the 911 call came
from someone in the home.
The unidentified man had “several guns and a large amount of
ammunition,” when he shot at police “from multiple positions in the home,”
Evans said.
Multiple firearms were recovered from the residence, he
added.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a news conference said
Minnesota mourned the deceased.
“We must never take for granted the bravery and sacrifices
our police officers and first responders make every day. My heart is with their
families today and the entire State of Minnesota stands with Burnsville,” Walz
said.
The governor added flags would be flown at half-staff across
Minnesota on Monday and the state Department of Public Safety is “coordinating
with local law enforcement to conduct an investigation.”