A boy has died four days after he was shot last week in a Burnsville apartment, and his father is considered a suspected but remains hospitalized with his own injuries. Burnsville police and its fire department were called to a shooting just before midnight Wednesday to reports of an adult and child who were shot […]
On an average Thursday, Burnsville Center is full of empty stores and possibility. Mall walkers cruise through the colorful ’90s-era food court and past dark storefronts, some of them admittedly drawn more by the south metro mall’s vast emptiness than by shopping options. Outside J.C. Penney, Kelly and Tanner Kaski of Lakeville watch as their […]
Police officers and firefighters are once again facing off in a charity event to raise money for the families of the fallen first responders of Burnsville. Paul Elmstrand, 27, and Matthew Ruge, 27, and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, died in the line of duty on Feb. 18, fatally shot while responding to a domestic incident […]
A Burnsville man was charged Tuesday with reckless discharge of a firearm after a 17-year-old who lived in the apartment below his bedroom was injured by a bullet while she slept. Officers were dispatched to the Southwind Village Apartments in the 15200 block of Greenhaven Drive off Burnhaven Drive and Crystal Lake Road about 3:55 […]
A former girlfriend of the Burnsville man who fatally shot three first responders last month testified Tuesday before a federal grand jury, which is apparently focused on how he obtained guns. Noemi Torres said she never purchased guns for Shannon Gooden, who died by suicide after he killed two Burnsville police officers and a firefighter/paramedic. […]
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) – The flowers have all but wilted, but the tears were still fresh at the memorials for three first responders killed in the line of duty last month in Burnsville. Saturday marked the last day for visitors to pay their respects outside Burnsville City Hall to officer Paul Elmstrand, Matthew Ruge […]
Memorials outside Burnsville City Hall will be removed Sunday, which will be the three-week anniversary of two Burnsville police officers and a firefighter/paramedic being killed in the line of duty, as people continue to move forward in their grieving, the city said Tuesday. Two squad cars and an ambulance have been parked on the lawn […]
In the days since a gunman killed two Burnsville police officers and a firefighter, people have been asking White Bear Lake officer Ryan Sheak how he’s doing. A year ago, a man shot Sheak when he and other White Bear Lake officers went to arrest the man on a felony warrant. After undergoing surgery, Sheak […]
A public memorial can reveal the heart of a community. There’s a lot of heart in Burnsville right now. People have been steadily stopping by the grounds of the Burnsville Police Department and City Hall complex to leave flowers, notes and other items for the first responders who died in the line of duty in […]
When a man barricaded himself in a Burnsville home with seven children, two of them were in the room with him as he was shooting, according to one of their mothers. Another child, the gunman’s 14-year-old son, took two younger children with him into a closet to hide as they curled into the fetal position. […]
Fearing fraud, the city of Burnsville is warning people to beware of fundraising websites for the three first responders slain by a gunman last weekend. “Unfortunately, some people are taking advantage of our tragedy in Burnsville,” the city announced Sunday. “Be aware of scams.” The city said that links to official donation sites and information […]
Sheriff Scott Knudson of St. Croix County, Wis., joined the procession on Sunday as hundreds of fellow law enforcement officers mourned two Burnsville policemen and a paramedic fatally shot a few hours earlier while working. As much as anyone, Knudson knows the pain involved. Last May, St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising was fatally shot […]