Two suspects were in custody following the shootings Sunday of a man and a woman in an apartment in Brainerd.
Two men arrested in Brainerd shootings
January 5, 2015 at 5:41AM
Authorities had been searching for the suspects, Tyler A. Cronquist, 23 and Nathan D. Becker, 26, throughout the evening, and at one point, police issued a news release containing the men's photos and a warning that they should be considered armed and dangerous.
Details of the arrests were not available.
Police said that the shooting incident occurred about 5 p.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Juniper Street, and left the man and woman — both 31 — with apparent gunshot wounds to the head. The woman was conscious and talking, but the man was unconscious, police said.
The victims were taken to a Brainerd hospital and then transferred to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where their conditions late Sunday were not known, police said in a news release issued about 10 p.m. Sunday.
Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call Brainerd police at 1-218-829-2805.
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