Chaska shooting victims were suspect’s father, ex-girlfriend

Published 2:52 pm Saturday, October 3, 2015

CHASKA — Police say the victims in a double-shooting in Chaska are the suspect’s father and the suspect’s former girlfriend.

Officers arrived at the home around 9:30 p.m. to find the 60-year-old father down in the front yard with multiple wounds and the 29-year-old ex-girlfriend inside the home with a neck wound.

A police statement Friday says both victims are in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center but are expected to survive.

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Police say the woman lived at the home with her parents and her 4-year-old son. They say the suspect had returned the child to the home after a visit, and that the suspect’s father accompanied them.

Authorities arrested the suspect around 11:30 a.m. Friday at a home in Jordan.