The gunman who killed two police officers and a firefighter paramedic during a domestic disturbance call early Sunday morning in suburban Minneapolis has been identified as a man who was already prohibited from owning a firearm.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Enforcement said Monday that Shannon Gooden, 38, opened fire on first responders in the wealthy suburb of Burnsville. Authorities said Gooden was in an argument with the mother of three older children when first responders arrived on the scene.
Police said Gooden was joined by Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Rouge, both 27, and Adam Finseth, a firefighter and EMT who was part of the city’s SWAT team. (40 years old) was killed. Another officer, Sgt. Adam Medlicott was shot and wounded. Gooden himself was found dead in a room of his home with a gunshot wound to his head, which the Hennepin County coroner ruled a suicide.
It’s unclear who called 911, but Gooden barricaded himself in the home with seven children ranging in age from 2 to 15, and multiple guns were recovered at the scene.
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Burnsville officials said the officers and paramedics who died early Sunday morning were Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27, and a firefighter assigned to the city’s SWAT team. He was identified as 40-year-old paramedic Adam Finseth. (City of Burnsville)
Court records show Gooden was stripped of his gun rights in Minnesota after pleading guilty to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in 2008, local FOX 9 reported. It has become.
He unsuccessfully petitioned the court in 2020 to have his gun rights restored.
The incident occurred Sunday morning near the 12600 block of South 33rd Street in Burnsville, Minnesota. (FOX9 Minneapolis KMSP)
Court records show his dispute over custody and financial support of his three eldest children escalated, accusing their mother, Noemi Torres, of neglect, with her calling him “controlling” and threatening her. and accused him of abusing children.
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The deadly confrontation occurred just two days before Mr. Gooden and Mr. Torres were scheduled to have a hearing on the matter in district court.
A police vehicle with what appears to be bullet holes is towed near the scene where two police officers and an emergency worker were shot and killed Sunday in Burnsville, Minnesota. (AP/Abby Parr)
Torres told KARE-TV that her three children, two boys ages 12 and 15 and her 14-year-old daughter, were in the home during the standoff. She said Gooden threatened to shoot the officer if anyone called 911.
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Torres said Gooden was “going to be confrontational,” according to excerpts of a brief interview posted by the department on social media. “I’ll kill everyone.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
