Press Release

- Shooting Investigation – 4870 Elmore Avenue, Webster Township

June 11, 2016

On June 11th at 2:58 am, Rice County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the 4000 block of Elmore Avenue in Webster Township. Additional reports came into the Scott County that someone had been shot. Deputies from Rice County, Scott County and Dakota County responded to the area along with officers from Lonsdale, Northfield, New Prague and Faribault Police departments and the Minnesota State Patrol.

Deputies and officers located a female victim with a gunshot wound to the upper torso at 4870 Elmore Avenue. She was treated by Lonsdale Fire/Rescue and Northfield Ambulance personnel at the scene. She was later airlifted from the scene to a trauma center and is in critical condition.

A Rice County deputy located another vehicle northeast of the residence. Upon stopping this vehicle, two male victims were found in this vehicle with gunshot wounds to their lower extremities. One was airlifted from the scene and the other was transported by ambulance to a metro area trauma center. Victim information is being withheld at this time until family is notified, but none of the victims were from the immediate area.

Investigators and Officers continue to investigate at the scene and are attempting to make contact with witnesses that might have been at the residence at the time of the shooting. Initial information gathered at the scene is that there was a party with a number of young adults. A physical altercation occurred and then gunshots soon followed. Multiple gunshots were reportedly fired. The location this occurred was a large area with numerous items of evidence to collect and investigate.

“Our priorities are to locate the suspect(s) responsible for this dangerous incident so that no one else is a victim of such violence and to bring resolution for the victims. “ This would also give neighboring residents their feelings of safety and security back in their neighborhoods.

If anyone has any information that will assist the Sheriff’s Office with this investigation, we ask that you contact us at 507-334-4391. Even the smallest of information can assist us in our investigation.

Sheriff Troy Dunn – Rice County Sheriff – 507-334-4391