
Man Charged in Hopkins Apartment Shooting That Killed Girlfriend
Krystofer Patrick Brooks is accused in the shooting death of the woman he had been dating for about two years and living with for the past year.
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Krystofer Patrick Brooks is accused in the shooting death of the woman he had been dating for about two years and living with for the past year.

Emergency medical crews responding to the scene said the woman suffered a gunshot wound and CPR had been started. She was transported by paramedics but later died from her injuries, a DHS spokesperson confirmed.

The shooting early saturday morning left the victim with a shattered bone that required surgery.

Officers were called around 3:28 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, to the 1300 block of Cambridge Street on a report of a shooting. When police arrived, they found an adult woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

The charges stem from an investigation in late December 2025 in Ramsey County and each count carries a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison, a $30,000 fine or both.

The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched at 12:49 a.m. on New Year’s Day to a report of a shooting along the 1700 block of Minnesota Highway 75 in the city of Wolverton.

Isaac Nathaniel Childress Jr. is charged with second-degree murder with intent but without premeditation in the Dec. 10, 2025, shooting death of Ty’wann Robinson.

Austin Robert LeClaire, 30, is now charged with second-degree murder with intent in connection with the Nov. 25, 2022 shooting inside a garage at a Plymouth residence.

Deputies with the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office were sent to the 3700 block of 250th Street West at about 2:23 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2025, after a report that a woman had been shot inside a residence.

The incident was reported just before 6:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of Ilion Avenue North, where officers were sent after the initial reports of gunshots fired were updated to a confirmed shooting.

Authorities say officers were called to the 2700 block of Merrill Street after getting a report of an adult male with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Two separate Christmas Eve shootings left one woman and one man hospitalized in Minneapolis, with investigators now working to learn what led up to both.