Burnsville, Minnesota, police officers Matthew Ruge and Paul Elmstrand and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth were shot and killed while responding to a domestic call shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday.
Breitbart News reported the shooting on Sunday, when it was known that three people — two officers and a medical first responder — were dead. A third officer was shot and wounded.
75 KSTP reported the identities of the deceased, noting that the subject of the domestic call was found dead in the house around 8 a.m.
They noted that “none of the other family members inside the home were harmed, including seven children ranging in age from 2 to 15.”
CNN noted that Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions said the suspect fired on officers “from multiple positions in the home.”
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