Thursday, December 29, 2011
St. Louis Park Patch reviews the year that was by counting down the most talked about local stories of 2011.
Editor's Note: With 2011 winding down, we're using this last week of the year to look back at the five stories that shaped St. Louis Park over the past 12 months and had people talking. Today, we look at story No. 2—two October shootings. Look for story No. 1 tomorrow. October was a scary month in St. Louis Park, as one person was shot and killed and another shot during an attempted burglary. The first incident occurred on Oct. 3, when a 55-year-old man shot and killed his estranged wife outside of a St. Louis Park office building, then later killed himself in Minneapolis. The incident occurred a day before what would have been the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. It was the first reported homicide in St. Louis Park since November 2010, …
Friday, October 21, 2011
The incident occurred on Oct. 3.
The alleged suspect in the shooting death of a 51-year-old woman in St. Louis Park earlier this month reportedly called police afterward, then shot himself. The man, who has been identified as the estranged husband of victim Stephanie Maxam, of St. Paul, was found by police around 10 p.m. on Oct. 3 at the intersection of East 37th Street and Hiawatha Avenue, dead of what they believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. About two hours earlier, the man allegedly shot Maxam in the Parkdale Plaza parking lot in St. Louis Park, which is in the 1600 block of Highway 100. After the shooting, the man allegedly called police and told them to go to the intersection of East 37th Street and Hiawatha Avenue, according to a search warrant affidavit. He…
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The incident occurred Monday night in an office building parking lot.
The county medical examiner has identified the woman killed in an apparent murder-suicide Monday night in St. Louis Park. Stephanie Maxam, 51, of St. Paul, was shot multiple times in a parking lot in the 1600 block of Highway 100 at around 8 p.m. by her estranged husband, according to authorities. The man, whose name has not been released, fled to Minneapolis. Police found him at the intersection of East 37th Street and Hiawatha Avenue, dead of what they believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other suspects are being sought at this time. St. Louis Park police are continuing to investigate the case. It is the first reported homicide in St. Louis Park since November, when a man shot and killed a woman at the Lakeland Inn off Highway …
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Police say the man then shot and killed himself in Minneapolis.
A man shot and killed his estranged wife Monday night outside a St. Louis Park office building, then later shot and killed himself, according to police. Neither person has been publicly identified, pending release by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office. The first shooting happened around 8 p.m. in a parking lot in the 1600 block of Highway 100, across the street from Podany's Office Furniture. The man reportedly shot the woman multiple times after an argument, said Jamie Zwilling, St. Louis Park police spokesman. After leaving the scene, the man made his way into Minneapolis and the intersection of East 37th Street and Hiawatha Avenue, where police found him dead of what they believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other …
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