MPD: Minneapolis Father Kills Toddler in Suspected Murder-Suicide

Jun 9

A man is believed to have fatally shot his two-year-old daughter before taking his own life inside a Minneapolis home early Monday, police say.

Officers were dispatched just after midnight to the 2900 block of Colfax Avenue North, where they found both the man and child dead from gunshot wounds.

The child’s mother was inside the home at the time of the shooting but was not physically harmed, MPD said.

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Responding officers secured the scene and began an investigation that police say points to a murder-suicide. The man, described as being in his 50s, was found with a firearm near his body. Detectives are working to determine the full circumstances leading up to the incident.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara called the incident an “unimaginable, heartbreaking tragedy” and expressed condolences to the child’s mother as well as to the officers and investigators who responded to the scene.

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Additional support services have been made available for those impacted, including first responders who encountered the aftermath. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the names of the deceased after notification of next of kin, along with the official cause and manner of their deaths.

Anyone with information is asked to email policetips@minneapolismn.gov or leave a voicemail at 612-673-5845. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or at www.CrimeStoppersMN.org.

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