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The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) says 38-year-old Shannon Gooden is the man who shot and killed Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and Burnsville firefighter and paramedic Adam Finseth. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner says Elmstrand was shot multiple times, Ruge in the chest, and Finseth in the right arm and torso.
Early Tuesday morning, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Gooden died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
In 2008, he was convicted of second-degree assault in Dakota County, which also carried a lifetime ban on gun possession. In 2020, he petitioned to have those rights restored but a judge denied it, citing other encounters with police and two orders of protection filed against him alleging domestic assault and abuse.
Early Tuesday morning, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Gooden died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
In 2008, he was convicted of second-degree assault in Dakota County, which also carried a lifetime ban on gun possession. In 2020, he petitioned to have those rights restored but a judge denied it, citing other encounters with police and two orders of protection filed against him alleging domestic assault and abuse.
