2024 Burnsville shooting
| 2024 Burnsville shooting | |
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| Location | Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Date | February 18, 2024 c. 5:30 a.m. (CST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder-suicide, triple-murder, shootout |
| Weapon | Multiple firearms, including two AR-15-style rifles obtained via straw purchase |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 2 (1 by gunfire) |
| Perpetrators | Shannon Cortez Gooden |
| Assailants | Shannon Gooden |
| Charges | Ashley Anne Dyrdahl:
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On February 18, 2024, during a police standoff in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States, Shannon Gooden shot and killed police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth. Another police officer was injured by gunfire. After firing at the first responders, Gooden killed himself with a single gunshot wound to the head. The officers were responding to a 911 call that reported an alleged sexual assault. Federal authorities alleged that the weapons Gooden used were obtained illegally via straw purchase and filed criminal charges against his girlfriend.