Police: Robbinsdale Deaths Were Murder-Suicide

Authorities say a man shot and killed a woman before killing himself at a Robbinsdale home last week.

 

 

 

 

ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (AP) - Authorities say a man shot and killed a woman before killing himself at a Robbinsdale home last week.

The Hennepin County medical examiner's office Monday identified the woman as 27-year-old Jennifer Michelle Smith, who died of multiple gunshot wounds. Police identify the man as 73-year-old Ronald West of Brooklyn Park.

Robbinsdale Police Chief Steve Smith tells the Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/RgNfzi ) that police are classifying the deaths as a murder-suicide. He says West and Jennifer Smith knew each other for at least 10 years, and that West had "confronted her over some issues they had."

Jennifer Smith's 5-year-old son discovered the bodies in the home shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday. Police recovered a gun at the scene.

 

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