By Paul Walsh
Star Tribune
Ambulance crews sent to the homes of state Sen. John Hoffman in Champlin and state Rep. Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park reported to dispatch the injuries to the two legislators and advised the hospitals.
The Minnesota Star Tribune has obtained audio of the dispatches, which capture the dramatic attempts to save them, and the ongoing threat to first responders, who at one point note that the shooter is still in Hortman鈥檚 home.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 have time explain it,鈥� a medic radioed. 鈥淭he shooter is still in the house. They believe barricaded with the firearm.鈥�
鈥淪tandby on a possible GSW [gunshot wound]. Sounds like there might be two patients.鈥�
鈥淚 need two, two ... rooms at Mercy [Hospital in Coon Rapids ].
鈥淥ne female victim. 3 GSWs. Two to abdomen. One to arm. Can you notify Mercy of our patient, please?鈥�
鈥淎dvise Mercy, we have an older male multiple gunshot wounds. 鈥� Two to the chest, one to the abdomen. 鈥� left elbow. He鈥檚 definitely got bleeding going on his stomach as well. He鈥檚 very [inaudible].鈥�
鈥淐ode 3, Brooklyn Park on a shooting. To the area of [exact address] Windsor Terrace North.鈥�
鈥淲ill advise to Code 4 [all clear]. Will advise on scene.鈥�
鈥淐PR has been started.鈥�
鈥淲e are going to have at least two patients. Get that truck coming Code 3 [urgent]. If we can send another one to the area.鈥�
鈥淲e are going to have one confirmed shooting [victim] right now, possible more. We鈥檒l just take one more truck staging in the area.鈥�
鈥淐onfirmed shot, in cardiac arrest. We will be taking that one. No more confirmed shot at this time. They want another rig to stand in the area. They don鈥檛 know where the shooter is.鈥�
鈥淎 suspect is barricaded in the house.鈥�
鈥淐ode 3 to North [ Memorial Health Hospital ] with two riders.鈥�
鈥淏e advised, they want you guys on standby. I don鈥檛 have time explain it 鈥� The shooter is still in the house. They believe barricaded with the firearm. Multiple different agencies are on-scene trying to locate if this individual on foot, if he shot anybody else around the home.鈥�
鈥淎nother victim in the house, can you confirm another rig is needed?鈥�
鈥淏e advised, we have one DOA [dead on arrival].鈥�
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