Police in Minnesota Say Man Killed 4 Relatives, Self

Police in Minnesota Say Man Killed 4 Relatives, Self
The home in the 700 block of East 12th Street on Thursday, April 21, 2022, where five people were found dead inside Wednesday after police received a report of a male experiencing a mental health crisis according authorities, in Duluth, Minn. Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP
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DULUTH, Minn.—A man killed his aunt and uncle, two young cousins, and their dog while they slept, then later killed himself at their Minnesota home after posting on Facebook that he had made “the absolutely horrid choice” to do so, police said Thursday.

Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken said at a news conference that Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad, 29, killed his relatives in their beds sometime Tuesday night, then shot himself as police knocked on the door around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.