Two cops and one firefighter in a Minnesota metropolis had been fatally shot as they responded to a “domestic-related capturing” on Sunday morning, officers mentioned.
In an announcement, Gov. Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan, the lieutenant governor, confirmed the deaths. They mentioned different officers had been injured within the capturing, although it was unclear what number of others had been injured or their circumstances.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, additionally confirmed the capturing on social media. “They had been doing their jobs,” she wrote. “They had been defending our neighborhood.”
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mentioned that its brokers from St. Paul had been responding to a “domestic-related capturing” that occurred within the metropolis of Burnsville, which has a inhabitants of practically 64,000 residents and is about 16 miles south of Minneapolis.
Further particulars about what led as much as the capturing weren’t out there.
A state consultant, Jim Nash, mentioned on social media, “My coronary heart is heavy for the households of those officers, the neighborhood of Burnsville, and for our nation as a result of this headline just isn’t distinctive.”
The Burnsville Police Division referred inquiries to a metropolis spokeswoman, who didn’t instantly reply to calls on Sunday.
Video from native TV stations confirmed a heavy police presence on the scene.
The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the police union in close by Minneapolis, mentioned on Fb, “Our ideas and prayers exit to the Burnsville Police Division, the households and colleagues of the fallen cops and paramedic.”
