2024 Duluth, Minnesota shootings
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| 2024 Duluth, Minnesota shootings | |
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| Location | Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Date | November 7, 2024 |
Attack type | Familicide, murder–suicide |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
| Victims | 4 |
| Perpetrator | Anthony Nephew |
On November 7, 2024, Anthony Nephew, 43, killed four of his relatives in two houses in Duluth, Minnesota; officers came to a house at 2 p.m. and found a woman, the ex-wife of Nephew, and a 15-year-old boy dead, after reports were made to police of gunshots or a commotion occurring inside. Subsequently, officers went to another house in Duluth, several miles away, and surrounded his home. Later on, they found Nephew, his current wife, and their 7-year-old son dead.
The shooting had undertones regarding Nephew's discontent with Donald Trump winning the 2024 United States presidential election, and had threatened to kill his relatives during the previous summer if Trump were to win; other issues regarding Nephew and his family and his mental health issues were reported in the past few years, or mentioned by those who knew the Nephew family.
Background
[edit]On July 3, Nephew had threatened to commit suicide with a knife and stab his wife, prompting her to call the police on him.[1] During the police's visit, the man told them that the Russians had control of his mind and requested the officer return and kill him and his family if Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.[2] In spite of this incident, the man was allowed to receive a gun permit around a month before the election.[3]
Shooting
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Nephew went to his ex-partner's home in the Cody neighborhood and fatally shot her and their son. He then returned to his home in the Denfield neighborhood and fatally shot his wife and their son before committing suicide.[4][5][6][7]
Victim list:
- Erin Abramson, 47
- Jacob Nephew, 15
- Kathryn Nephew, 45
- Oliver Nephew, 7
References
[edit]- ^ Keane, Isabel (2024-11-10). "Minn. dad Anthony Nephew ranted against Trump, killed family in murder-suicide". Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ "Police report details mental health issues for gunman in Duluth murder-suicide". www.northernnewsnow.com. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ Olsen, Tom (November 14, 2024). "Duluth man who killed family got gun permit in September". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ Lawler, Christa (November 8, 2024). "Police: Duluth man fatally shot his two sons, wife, an ex-partner and himself". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa (November 8, 2024). "5 dead including 2 juveniles in murder-suicide after shootings at 2 Minnesota homes: Police". USA Today. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ Rudy, Gabriella (November 8, 2024). "5 dead, including 2 juveniles, after quadruple murder-suicide at 2 homes in Minnesota". NBC News. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "5 dead, including 2 children, identified in Duluth suspected murder-suicide". Duluth, Minnesota: CBS News. November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.