2 officers, 1 firefighter killed in Minnesota during domestic call. What happened?

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Two police officers and a firefighter who responded to a domestic situation at a suburban Minneapolis 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 neighbourhood in Burnsville, Minnesota, a city of about 64,000 people near Minneapolis.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.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 man shot at officers from multiple positions in the home, including the upper and lower floors, Evans said. At least one officer was shot inside.

A police armored vehicle sustained bullet damage to its windshield.“We still don’t know the exact exchange of gunfire that occurred,” Evans said. “Certainly several officers did return fire.”Around 8 a.m.

Sunday, the suspect was found dead. The family and children were released.

None of them were hurt.Evans said “there have not been many calls for service at all” at the home in the past.City officials identified the fallen officers as Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27. Firefighter and paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, who was shot while giving aid to