Cops: Son suspected in double murder kills self in standoff
SHAKOPEE, Minn. --Authorities say a Minnesota mansuspected in the beating death of his father and his father's finacee killed himself during a standoff with police.
Police say officers found the 68-year-old man and 67-year-old woman dead in the basement of their suburban Minneapolis home early Tuesday. Shakopee Police Chief Jeff Tate describes the scene as "brutal" but says the motive remains unclear.
Police say both victims suffered blunt force trauma, reports CBS Minnesota. There was reportedly no sign of forced entry into the home.
Tate told reporters investigators quickly focused on the man's 40-year-old son, who formerly lived at the home.
Investigators determined the woman's car was missing, and tracked it to near the son's Waseca apartment, about 60 miles south of the crime scene, where he barricaded himself in a room. Negotiators tried to talk him into surrendering, but he was found dead around noon of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Names of the victims and suspect have not been released.