Suspect, Daniel Holmgren
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office has filed attempted murder and assault charges against a man after he allegedly shot a White Bear Lake police officer on Tuesday evening.
33-year-old Daniel Loren Holmgren, Jr., of White Bear Lake, has been charged with one count each of 1st-degree attempted murder of a police officer, 1st-degree assault against a police officer causing great bodily harm, and three counts of 1st-degree assault for use of deadly force against a police officer.
According to the criminal complaint, on Jan. 24, White Bear Lake police officers arrived to an apartment building on the 3100 block of Karth Road in an attempt to arrest Holmgren on a felony domestic assault warrant. Holmgren had failed to make a court appearance in connection with the alleged domestic assault. When Holmgren was arrested in the domestic assault case, he was reported to be hostile towards officers, referenced guns and threatened to shoot officers.
