St. Anthony police are looking for a man who disappeared from his home last week, nearly one year after his son was shot and killed during a standoff with police.
Todd Hoffstrom, 56, was last seen early Monday morning in his home. Recent employment issues and the death of his son made Hoffstrom severely depressed, according to a news release from the St. Anthony Police Department. He has also been abusing alcohol, police said.
Hoffstrom made suicidal comments to his wife and therapist and hasn't turned on his cellphone since Monday. He hasn't used any credit cards either, according to the release. Police said Hoffstrom was added to the National Crime Information Center as a missing or endangered person.
Hoffstrom is the father of Ted Hoffstrom, a 30-year-old lawyer who was killed by police after he fatally wounded prominent Orono physician Dr. Stephen Larson last November. Ted Hoffstrom had expressed hostility toward Larson because he believed the doctor had mistreated his mother in an undisclosed medical situation, police said.
Larson, 74, founded a medical group in Edina and Burnsville and was a well-known expert on pelvic surgery.
Hoffstrom is described as a white male, 5-feet-11, 205 pounds with brown hair and green eyes. He's believed to be driving his black 2005 GMC Envoy bearing the Minnesota license 950JCA.
Police ask that anyone with information contact the St. Anthony Police Department at 612-782-3350.
Liz Sawyer • 952-746-3282
