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The shooter who killed two police officers and a firefighter paramedic in a Minneapolis suburb during a domestic disturbance call early Sunday has been identified as a man already banned from possessing firearms.
Shannon Gooden, 38, opened fire on first responders in the affluent suburb of Burnsville, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Monday. Gooden was in a dispute with the mother of her three oldest children, authorities said, when first responders arrived at the scene.
Gooden killed Burnsville officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27, and Adam Finseth, 40, a firefighter and paramedic assigned to the city’s SWAT team, police said. Another officer, Sgt. Adam Medlicott, was wounded by a gunshot. Gooden himself was found dead in a room of the home with a gunshot wound to the head in what the Hennepin County medical examiner confirmed as a suicide.
While it was unclear who had called 911, Gooden had barricaded himself in the home with seven children ranging in age from 2 to 15. Several weapons were recovered from the scene.
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Court records show Gooden had his gun rights revoked in Minnesota after pleading guilty in 2008 to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, local station FOX 9 reported.
In 2020, he unsuccessfully petitioned a court to have his gun rights restored.
Court records also show that their disputes over custody and financial support of their three oldest children had escalated, accusing their mother, Noemí Torres, of neglect while she called him “controlling” and accused him of abusing her and children.
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The deadly confrontation occurred just two days before Gooden and Torres were scheduled to have a hearing on the matter in district court.
Torres told KARE-TV that her three children, two boys, ages 12 and 15, and a daughter, 14, were in the home during the confrontation. He said Gooden threatened to shoot police if anyone called 911.
“I’m going to have a confrontation,” Torres quoted Gooden, according to brief excerpts of an interview the station posted on social media. “I’m going to kill everyone.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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