Burnsville memorial gathers hundreds looking to honor heroes

THANKS, COURTNEY. AND THE MEMORIAL AT BURNSVILLE CITY HALL CONTINUES TO GROW. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VISITING TODAY WITH FLOWERS AND BALLOONS AND LEAVING THEM AT THE SITE. BAB SANTOS JOINING US LIVE NOW FROM BURNSVILLE. BAB, SO MANY HEAVY HEARTS IN THAT COMMUNITY TONIGHT . YEAH, WE SAW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STOPPING BY TODAY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. AND SO MANY OF THEM WERE AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. AND THIS IS SUCH A SAD, SAD THING TO HAPPEN. MINNESOTANS ARE MOURNING THIS WEEK. WE ARE JUST HEARTBROKEN AFTER BURNSVILLE POLICE OFFICERS, 27 YEAR OLD PAUL ELMER STRAND, 27 YEAR OLD MATTHEW RUGE AND 40 YEAR OLD FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC ADAM FINSETH WERE SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. RESPONDING TO A VOLATILE SITUATION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ON 33RD AVENUE SOUTH IN BURNSVILLE. IT'S HEART BREAKING TO THINK THAT THOSE OFFICERS GOT UP IN THE MORNING YESTERDAY DAY AND WENT TO WORK, ANSWERED THE CALL LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO TOU NOT KNOWING THAT THEY NEVER SEE THEIR FAMILIES AGAIN. POLICE SAY AN ARMED MAN BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME WITH SEVEN CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN, RANGING FROM 2 TO 15 YEARS OLD, ARE SAFE. THE GUNMAN IS DEAD. IDENTIFY BY SOURCES AS SHANNON GOODEN AFTER A GUN BATTLE. IN THIS QUIET BURNSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS LEFT PEOPLE SHAKEN ACROSS THE CITY AND STATE INCREDIBLY SAD. THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE BRIGHT SPOT ON MONDAY, A FOURTH FIRSTRILLIONESPONDER INJURED IN SUNDAY'S STANDOFF WAS RELEASED FROM HCMC AND NOW BURNSVILLE PD SAYS SERGEANT ADAM MEDLICOTT WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER AT HOME . UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER RECOVER EVER FULLY. I THINK IT WILL ALWAYS, UM, BE IN PEOPLE'S MEMORY AND PEOPLE'S HEARTS. ALSO HAPPENING MONDAY, A PROCESSION FROM MINNETONKA TO JORDAN, WHERE SLAIN FIREFIGHTER ADAM FINSETH BODY ARRIVED AT A FUNERAL HOME, GUIDED THERE BY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE GET TO GO HOME TO OUR FAMILIES. HE IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE CITY HAS SAID IT PLANS TO RELEASE INFORMATION SOON ON HOW PEOPLE CAN DONATE MONEY TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILIES OF THESE OFFICERS LIVE TONIGHT IN B

Channel: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

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Length: 2min 25sec (145 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 20 2024