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Three Dead in Minnesota Motel Shooting, Including Suspected Shooter

Cloquet Police Department continues to investigate the motive and connection between the victims and the shooter.

  • A shooting at a Super 8 motel in Cloquet, Minnesota, resulted in the deaths of three people, including the suspected shooter.
  • The victims include a 22-year-old female hotel employee and a 35-year-old male guest, both found with gunshot wounds.
  • The 32-year-old male suspect was found dead on the hotel property from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  • Police issued an active shooter alert and a shelter-in-place order for the surrounding area, which was lifted approximately 90 minutes later when the suspect was found dead.
  • The motive for the shooting and the connection between the victims and the shooter are still under investigation.
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