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'I just lost it': 911 calls released in killings of Elk River officer, son

May 21, 2015 at 4:54AM
Elk River Police Officer Todd Besser
Elk River Police Officer Todd Besser (Colleen Kelly — via AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Wright County attorney's office on Wednesday released two 911 transcripts related to the May 9 shooting deaths of Elk River police officer Todd Besser, 49, and his 27-year-old son, Blake Besser, in the latter's St. Michael home.

Another Besser son, Christopher, 21, has been charged with two counts of intentional second-degree murder. County Attorney Tom Kelly said he will seek first-degree murder charges from a grand jury.

One of the transcripts records in graphic terms the 911 call from Blake Besser, during which he dies. The other is Christopher Besser's call from a convenience store turning himself in.

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