Roseville authorities investigating whether hallucinogens factored into a double murder-suicide this weekend found a large amount of mushrooms in containers of various sizes at the scene, according to a search warrant.
According to the warrant filed Tuesday, officers searched the apartment on the 1600 block of Eldridge Avenue about four hours after one of the victims' girlfriends called 911. Inside they found one jar of mushrooms, eight jars and a plastic container of mushroom spawn, and "suspected mushrooms" inside six plastic containers, five jars, two bags, one bin and a box. The warrant did not say whether the mushrooms had been tested for the presence of hallucinogens.
Police also found a Ruger rifle in a closet and a magazine with ammunition in a safe.
Although the Roseville Police Department is still investigating the case with help from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, authorities have said hallucinogenic drugs may have been involved.
"A motive has not been identified, [but] initial indications suggest hallucinogenic drugs may have been a contributing factor," Deputy Police Chief Joe Adams previously said in a statement.
Adams was unavailable for comment Wednesday.
Police were sent to Eldridge Avenue at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after 33-year-old Nou Xiong sent his girlfriend a picture of a serious knife wound to his neck. Xiong told his girlfriend that he was unsure if three other men inside the residence were alive.
Xiong's girlfriend called 911, and investigators arrived to find him and three men with knife and gunshot wounds. Xiong was taken to Regions hospital for emergency surgery. His condition was upgraded to good on Monday.
