XCR1250 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Suspect dead amid shooting that claimed the lives of 2 officers, 1 first responder, group says STEVE KARNOWSKI and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Updated Sun, February 18, 2024 at 2:21 PM CST·3 min read 2.6k 1 / 9 Officers Shot Minnesota A police vehicle with what appears to be bullet pockmarks on its windshield is parked near the scene where two police officers and a first responder were shot and killed Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Burnsville, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) ASSOCIATED PRESS More BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A desperate call for help from a home in suburban Minneapolis early Sunday turned deadly for two police officers and a first responder who were shot and killed at the scene, according to officials. The suburban neighborhood in Burnsville, Minnesota, was ringed with police cars that kept the press and public away from the scene where the shootings took place. The deaths of the two Burnsville police officers and the first responder were confirmed by the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association. The association also said negotiations with a suspect, who eventually died, went on for four hours before a SWAT team entered the home in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. Seven children were inside the home. Details on how the suspect died were not immediately released. “We are heartbroken. Our law enforcement community is heartbroken. We’re just devastated at the horrific loss,” Brian Peters, executive director of MPPOA, which represents public safety professionals in the state, said in a statement. No other details were immediately released about what led up to the shooting in a tree-lined neighborhood with two-story homes. A police armored vehicle parked nearby had bullet damage to its windshield, but there was no confirmation on whether that was the result of the incident. The street was lined with SWAT vehicles, police cars, firefighters and ambulances. Burnsville police, fire and city officials, including the mayor, didn’t immediately return phone or email messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said on Facebook that in addition to those killed, other officers were injured. “We must never take for granted the bravery and sacrifices our police officers and first responders make every day,” Walz said. "My heart is with their families today and the entire State of Minnesota stands with Burnsville.” Other law enforcement agencies immediately began posting messages of condolence on social media, including images of badges with blue bars through them. It is a mark of solidarity in mourning. The Law Enforcement Labor Services represents rank-and-file officers and the supervisors of the Burnsville Police Department. The organization's executive director, Jim Mortenson, said in a statement that “thoughts and prayers are with the family of the officers and first responder” who responded. "These officers were struck down while answering the call of duty to serve and protect. We mourn alongside the Burnsville community and the families of those killed,” the statement said. In neighboring Goodhue County, Sheriff Marty Kelly wrote that it was closely monitoring the situation as it unfolds. “In times like these," Kelly said, "it is essential to come together as a community and support one another through the uncertainty and grief.” Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota said in a statement that she had been in touch with the mayor, police chief and state officials to offer any federal resources needed. “Today," she said, "serves as another solemn reminder that those who protect our communities do so at great personal risk.” Burnsville, a city of around 64,000, is located about 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of downtown Minneapolis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Hopefully the piece of shit suffered 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag6240 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 He got off easy after a lifetime of being an asshole. Too bad first responders became his ultimate target… "I feel like all of this could've been avoided," she said. "Just the negligence in the court system, they failed my children.” Court records: Burnsville shooting suspect was 'emotionally,' 'physically abusive' to mothers of his children Two orders for protection filed against the man accused of fatally shooting three first responders and injuring a fourth in Burnsville on Sunday detail a pattern of abuse, according to two mothers of his children. The first was a handwritten petition for an order for protection against Shannon Gooden in 2017. In it, the woman requested protection from Gooden for herself and their shared child after an incident where she said he "head-butted {her} face," causing a concussion and black eye before. She also said he threw her down the stairs. She went on to write that Gooden had been "emotionally and physically abusive from the very beginning" and that police were called during their fights "a few times." Then in 2020, Noemi Torres - another mother of three kids shared with Gooden - also said that he caused her to fall down the stairs by side-swiping her foot after an argument during which she said he also "grabbed a knife and cut my clothes." She wrote, "I am and have been very afraid of him for a long time." That petition was ultimately dismissed, the judge citing a lack of proof. Three and a half years later, Torres told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that her kids were in that Burnsville home when investigators say their dad shot and killed three first responders before taking his own life. "I feel like all of this could've been avoided," she said. "Just the negligence in the court system, they failed my children." Torres also added: "They're not good. At all. You know, my daughter is constantly thinking about that moment in time that she is forever gonna have in her life. The way she was telling me she was sitting on the bed, you know, she walked over his body, after he took his life, and she just balled crying." "My kids feel for the families of the lost victims as well, you know. I think we're all just in mourning right now," said Torres. The 2017 petition was also dismissed when the petitioner didn't show up in court. A couple of years later, the woman in that case actually wrote a letter in support of Gooden when he petitioned to get his gun rights back in 2020. The judge ultimately found her allegations of abuse important enough to cite them when he denied Gooden's petition, upholding the lifetime ban against him from owning a gun . That ban against Gooden dates back to a 2007 assault conviction. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS also obtained that criminal complaint in which a verbal argument with male family members of a woman who suspected Gooden was behind "harassing phone calls...made to her cellphone" culminated in Gooden and one of the other men "squaring off to fight." That's when the investigator said, Gooden pulled what witnesses described as a 7-inch knife out of his pocket and threatened to stab the other man. The complaint also said Gooden threw rocks at the family's car as they drove away, breaking the rear-view window, before he fled the scene. Under state law, that lifetime ban exists as a public protection against people convicted of crimes which are, according to lawmakers, "indications of future dangerousness." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted February 21 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 21 (edited) Well well well. I'm sure social workers could have negotiated a peaceful outcome. Edited February 21 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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