Alleged Brooklyn Park shooter identified
The person who police say shot and killed two people Friday at the Festival Foods in Brooklyn Park and committed suicide an hour later has been identified.
He was 23-year-old Aaron Parson of Brooklyn Park. The Hennepin County medical examiner says Parson was found under the Washington Avenue bridge in Minneapolis with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The two others who died Friday night were 21-year-old Michael Habte and 20-year-old Abigail M. Fedeli. All three were employees at the store.
Brooklyn Park police are still investigating and say there are not ready to release a motive in the shooting.
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