CLOQUET, Minn. — Two people were shot and killed Monday night at a hotel, and the shooter has also been found dead, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office.
An employee of the Super 8 hotel on Big Lake Road near Hwy. 33 called 911 around 6:30 p.m. to report that a fellow hotel worker "looked like she'd been attacked," according to a news release from the Cloquet Police Department.
Officers found the 22-year-old employee with a gunshot wound. She was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
While investigating, officers found a 35-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound inside a car in the hotel parking lot, according to the release.
Police later found a 32-year-old man outside the hotel property, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A gun was found next to him, police said. According to the release, surveillance video from hotel confirmed the 32-year-old was the shooter.
No information was available on a motive for the shootings or if there was a connection between the suspect and the two victims, police said, adding that the department is confident there is no further threat to the public.
The police department will hold a news conference at a time yet to be determined Tuesday at Cloquet City Hall, 101 14th St., the department said.
The identities of the three found dead will not be released until family members have been notified.
