The suspect, who authorities have not yet identified, was armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition.
Two police officers and a firefighter who responded to a domestic situation at a Dakota County home were killed early Sunday during a standoff by a heavily armed man who shot at police from the home where seven children were also inside.
The suspect is dead, and another police officer was injured in the shooting in a neighborhood in Burnsville, a city of about 64,000 people located approximately 21 miles south of St. Paul.
Investigators are still putting together details of the shooting, which unfolded from a domestic call.
The suspect, who authorities have not yet identified, was armed with multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition. He had barricaded himself inside the home with his family, who included seven children ages 2 to 15.
The suspect will be officially identified by the medical examiner, but law enforcement sources confirmed to the Pioneer Press on Monday that he was Shannon Cortez Gooden, 38.
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said negotiations lasted for hours before the suspect opened fire. He wasn’t specific on the exact amount of time, but the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association said the standoff lasted four hours before a SWAT team entered the home.
The suspect shot at officers from multiple positions in the home, including the upper and lower floors, Evans said.
