WATCHED STATION THIS IS WCCO 4
NEWS.
GOOD AFTERNOON POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CALL A
SENSELESS SHOOTING INSIDE A
TWIN CITY'S DISCOUNT STORE.
A GUNMAN WALKED INTO THIS
DOLLAR TREE AND SHOT TWO MEN
ABOUT 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
POLICE WERE ABLE TO CATCH THE
SUSPECTED SHOOTER MINUTES LATER
THANKS TO THE HELP OF SOME
WITNESSES.
ANGELA DAVIS JOINS US LIVE FROM
THE SCENE, ANGELA, SCARY STUFF.
Reporter: AROUND LUNCHTIME
POLICE OFFICERS IN BURNSVILLE
FOUND THEMSELVES RACING TORT
SCENE OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER WHEN
OFFICERS ARRIVED TWO HAD BEEN
SHOT INSIDE THIS DOLLAR TREE
AND THE GUNMAN HAD FLED EVEN
THOUGH AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE
POLICE SAY THEY STILL DON'T
HAVE A MOTIVE.
WE'RE STILL PUTTING THE
PIECES TOGETHER AND DON'T YET
KNOW THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE
SHOOTING THAT DOESN'T CHANGE
THE FACT THIS IS AN INCIDENT
WHICH WAS EXTREMELY SAD, HAD A
TRAGIC OUT COME.
BURNSVILLEPOLICE CHIEF CALLS
THIS SHOCKING SHOPPERS
WITNESSED A MAN SHOOT TWO OTHER
MEN AND THEN LEAVE.
THIS WOMAN WAS IN THE PARKING
LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED.
I WAS COMING OUT AND HEARD
THE LOUD BANG.
STEPHANIE JUST WALKED OUT OF
PETCO WHEN SHE HEARD THE
GUNSHOTS AND SAW POLICE
OFFICERS AND AMBULANCES ARRIVE.
I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL I
WASN'T IN THERE AT THE TIME.
DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN
THE TIME OR IF I WAS THERE WHAT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
POLICE SAY WITHIN MINUTES
WITNESSES HELPED THEM IDENTIFY
THE SUSPECTS CAR.
THEY SAY HE SURRENDERED TO
OFFICERS PEACEFULLY ABOUT TWO
BLOCKS AWAY.
IT IS DEVASTATING UPSETTING
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD THE
NEWS I'M SURE IT SHOCKED ALL OF
YOU TO HEAR ABOUT AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER A SAD TRAGIC INCIDENT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SAD I FEEL
FOR THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE IT
IS TERRIBLE.
THIS AFTERNOON I SPOKE WITH
A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR DOLLAR
TREE, HE SAYS THIS STORE IS
EQUIPPED WITH SECURITY CAMERAS
AND THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS
THEINVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING
THE VIDEO TO SEE IF THE
INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
THE TWO MEN SHOT ARE AT THE
COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, NOT
CLEAR WHAT THE MOTIVATION WAS,
