Crime & Safety
1 Year Later, Burnsville Sergeant Injured In Shooting Remembers Fellow Officers Killed In Incident
"They were the officers you wanted on your street, coming to your house, and helping you," Sgt. Adam Medlicott told WCCO. "
February 20, 2025
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Sgt. Adam Medlicott didn't just work with the two Burnsville police officers who were shot and killed last year; he trained them and he mentored them.
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"They were the officers you wanted on your street, coming to your house, and helping you," Medlicott told WCCO. "We don't talk about how their lives were taken from us. We talk about what they gave to our lives."
According to investigators, Shannon Gooden fatally shot police officers Matthew Ruge and Paul Elmstrand, as well as firefighter and paramedic Adam Finseth, during a standoff on Feb. 18, 2024.
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