明尼苏达州Hopkins市一名男子在家庭托儿所内杀害了妻子和他们的孩子，随后自杀身亡。[1]警方在周三上午9点左右接到报警赶到位于Tyler Avenue North街200号的现场，发现两名成人和一名儿童死亡。[1]
托儿所名称为Brown Bear Childcare，该托儿所容纳能力为10名儿童，自2019年起获得州许可。[1]事发时托儿所内还有其他六名儿童，他们已被安全疏散并与家长团聚，未受伤害。[1]
Hopkins市警长Holmes表示："没有比这更糟糕的情景了，当你把孩子送到一个你认为安全的地方，却接到那样的电话。"[1]Hopkins市长Patrick Hanlon评论道："我们社区里没有陌生人，所以我们都为这个悲剧事件感到震惊。"[1]明尼阿波利斯市长Jacob Frey已与Hopkins市长联系并提供帮助。[1]
A man in Hopkins, Minnesota fatally shot his wife and child at a home-based childcare facility before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.[1] Police responded to the scene at 200 Tyler Avenue North shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday and discovered three bodies—two adults and one child—at Brown Bear Childcare.[1]
Six other children who were present at the facility were safely evacuated and reunited with their families without injury.[1] The childcare center, which has been licensed by the state since 2019, has a capacity of 10 children.[1] Hopkins Police Chief Dean Holmes described the tragedy as a worst-case scenario, stating: "There's no worse scenario than this, where you drop off your child somewhere you think is safe, and you get that phone call."[1]
Hopkins Mayor Patrick Hanlon expressed the community's shock over the incident, saying: "There are no strangers in this community so … we are all reeling from this tragic incident."[1] Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reached out to Hopkins leadership to offer support.[1] Hopkins is a community of approximately 19,000 people.[1]