Man sentenced to 40 years for killing Brooklyn Center woman

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – An Anoka man will spend 40 years behind bars after shooting and killing his girlfriend.

Michael Klinger was sentenced Thursday in connection to a shooting last year.

Brooklyn Park police responded to a shooting at a residence on the 5400 block of 68th Avenue North in late July.

According to the complaint, witnesses at the residence said the victim and her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Klinger, had been arguing in the other room when they heard a gunshot. Fearing for their lives, they fled the residence.

Klinger, 36, was arrested later that day in St. Louis park.

In addition to second-degree murder, Klinger was charged in the first degree with aggravated controlled substance crime and possessing ammunition or a firearm after being convicted for a violent crime.

His bond was initially set at $1.5 million with conditions.

The victim was identified as 34-year-old Katie Ann Fredrickson.

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