The deaths of Elmstrand and Ruge while on the job make them the seventeenth and eighteenth law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty so far this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. He was believed to have non-life-threatening injuries, the city said. Adam Medlicott, was injured and hospitalized. Medical examiner reports say Elmstrand was shot multiple times, Ruge was hit in the chest and Finseth had a gunshot wound to his right arm and torso.Īnother officer, Sgt. The medical examiner’s office on Monday said all three first responders’ deaths were ruled a homicide. Seven children who were inside the home, ages 2 to 15, were able to leave and are safe. He had “several guns and a large amount of ammunition” and died in the incident, Evans said. The suspect was identified Monday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office as Shannon Gooden, 38. At least one of the responders was killed inside the home, he said, and several officers returned fire. to a home in Burnsville – about 15 miles south of Minneapolis – where a man was reported to be armed and barricaded inside with family members, according to a news release from the city Sunday.Īt some point, the subject inside opened fire, Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, told reporters at a news conference Sunday. Related article 2 police officers and 1 firefighter killed responding to a domestic incident outside Minneapolis, governor says Police vehicles are seen Burnsville, Minnesota, following the shooting on Sunday.