Posted on 05/11/2015 6:28:11 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
An off-duty Elk River police officer and his son were shot dead Saturday night in St. Michael, Minn., and another of the officer's sons was arrested after he called 911 saying he wanted to turn himself in, authorities say.
Police say that at 7:06 p.m. Saturday, a man called 911 from a house in the 4500 block of Mayfield Avenue saying he had been shot.
According to radio traffic posted on the MN Police Clips, a male caller told a 911 dispatcher that his brother shot him in the chest.
"Sounds like the phone dropped," the dispatcher said. "I can hear him moaning or making breathing sounds. St. Michael units, I can no longer hear anything on the phone, sounds like it's still open, though."
When Wright County sheriff's office deputies arrived, they found Blake Besser, 27, dead of a gunshot wound. They found Officer Todd Besser, 49, of Otsego, in the basement, also shot dead, police said in a news release Sunday.
According to the release, at 7:45 p.m. Christopher Besser, 21, of St. Michael, called 911 saying he was at the Kwik Stop gas station at 318 W. Broadway in Monticello and wanted to turn himself in. When deputies arrived, he was taken into custody without incident, police said.
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why IS this manner f madness “trending”
This one sounds like a domestic situation.
Good Lord!! what a horrible story.
the cleaning lady did it.....?..../
Or someone was about to come forward about police corruption they had first hand knowledge of in Elk River and it didn’t go over well...
Yep. Angry son.
Prayers for those that need them.
/johnny
Tough and thankless job.
I mean fatherhood.
True that.
Elk River: Son on 911 call after father, brother killed: ‘I just lost it’
Christopher Besser is charged in the deaths of his father and brother. (Courtesy of Wright County jail)
A St. Michael, Minn., man was charged Tuesday in Wright County in connection with the deaths of his brother and his father, a police officer.
Christopher Besser, 21, is charged with two counts of intentional second-degree murder.
Todd Besser, 49, had finished his shift as an Elk River officer Saturday night when he went to the house in St. Michael where his three adult sons — including Christopher Besser — lived, authorities said.
Charges say Christopher Besser shot his father after an argument, then shot his brother Blake Besser, 27.
According to the criminal complaint:
Christopher Besser took a rifle from the gun cabinet and shot his father in the back of the head. He died instantly.
Besser told investigators that his father expected things of him and that he snapped.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_28099195/elk-river-officers-son-charged-deaths-father-brother
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