Two 27-year-old police officers and a paramedic were shot and killed in Burnsville, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, early Sunday morning by a suspect who was killed during the shootout.
Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge were called to a private home at roughly 2 a.m. Roughly three hours later firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, arrived; soon after that gunfire erupted; all three were killed. Seven children between the ages of 2 to 15 were barricaded inside with the suspect, CBS News reported.
Police had “spent quite a bit of time negotiating with this individual,” Superintendent Drew Evans with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension stated. Police officer Sgt. Adam Medlicott was shot but was expected to survive. At 8 a.m the suspect was reported dead.
“Several officers did return fire,” Evans said. “I will note this individual had several guns and large…
