A man fatally shot his 2-year-old daughter and then himself in a Minneapolis home overnight, officials said Monday.
Minneapolis police said officers went to the home in the 2900 block of Colfax Avenue N. about 12:20 a.m. Monday and found the man and his daughter dead from gunshot wounds.
The girl’s mother was in the home and not physically harmed, police said.
“This is an unimaginable, heartbreaking tragedy,” read a statement from Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “Our hearts are with the child’s mother as she faces an overwhelming loss, and with the officers and investigators who responded to such a devastating scene.”
Officials haven’t released the identities of the father or the girl.
There have been 24 homicides in Minneapolis this year, according to a Minnesota Star Tribune database. That compares to 33 at this time last year.
