A 35-year-old man is charged after authorities say he fatally shot his father before breaking into another home and firing at a neighbor minutes later in Rochester.
Both incidents unfolded around 9:35 p.m. on Jan. 25 before the suspect was taken into custody following a violent struggle inside a nearby residence.
Michael Joseph Milbrandt, of Rochester, is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary, attempted first-degree premeditated murder and attempted first-degree murder while committing a burglary. Prosecutors say the charges stem from two connected scenes roughly two and a half miles apart.
Officers were first dispatched to a parking lot on Marion Road Southeast after a report of a shooting.…
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