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A woman and her 5-year-old son were killed in a shooting at an Anoka County home and the suspect has now been identified. The woman's estranged partner is in custody at the Anoka County Jail .
The incident happened Feb. 19 at the courthouse in Anoka, where deputies moved to take the man into custody after a jury had just convicted him in a separate felony case.
The charges stem from a months-long investigation in Hennepin County that—on Thursday, Jan. 29—included traffic stops and searches of a home, vehicles and related properties tied to the suspect.
According to criminal complaints filed last week, the robbery happened on June 18, 2025, while an ATM technician was working on a machine at a Wells Fargo location in Columbia Heights.
Clinten Michael Larson was taken into custody Friday, Dec. 19, following a barricade situation at a residence in the 18800 block of Jasper Street NW.
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office says the incident began Thursday just before 6 p.m., when the Emergency Communications center received a call from a homeowner in the 18800 block of Jasper Street NW.
Jail staff immediately began life-saving efforts and called for emergency medical services. Allina EMS responded, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not yet been identified.
Officers found a Toyota Sienna minivan in the westbound lane facing east, with its driver, later identified as 37-year-old Zachary Scott Lee Wydella, regaining consciousness.
Anoka police, the Anoka-Champlin Fire Department and Allina EMS were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. to the 1000 block of North Street after reports of a two-vehicle collision.
Officers were sent to Highway 47 near the Anoka County Fairgrounds in Anoka on reports of a minivan that had collided head-on with the motorcyclist. Several witnesses reported seeing the motorcyclist being thrown from the vehicle and flipping through the air before landing on the pavement.
Police have identified the man arrested in connection to the double stabbing and robbery at an antique business late Thursday morning. Authorities also said that the officer who was injured by a homemade pepper spray during the incident has since been released from the hospital.
