The fatal shooting of three first responders — including two police officers — in Burnsville early Sunday is at least the 11th time since early 2023 that law enforcement officers have been wounded or killed by gunfire in Minnesota, or adjacent portions of neighboring states.

In the most recent incident, five officers were shot and wounded on Oct. 12 while attempting to serve a search warrant in Benton County in central Minnesota.

Prior incidents since early 2023 include:

Sept. 13: Police Officer Kevin Cram, 33, was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant in Algona, Iowa, about 30 miles south of the Minnesota state line. The suspected shooter was apprehended at a home near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

Aug. 11: A Minneapolis police officer was shot and wounded while pursuing a vehicle.

July 14: Fargo, N.D., police officer Jake Wallin, 23, was fatally shot and two other officers were critically wounded by a gunman.

May 6: St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s Deputy Kaitie Leising, 29, was fatally shot while responding to a call about a potential drunk driver in a ditch near Glenwood City, Wisconsin.

April 15: Pope County, Minnesota, sheriff’s deputy Josh Owen, 44, was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in Cyrus, Minnesota. Another deputy and a police officer were wounded in that incident.

April 10: An officer was shot and wounded while serving a search warrant in Granite Falls, Minnesota.

April 8: Two western Wisconsin police officers — Cameron officer Hunter Scheel, 23, and Chetek officer Emily Breidenbach, 32 — were fatally shot during a traffic stop in Barron County.

Jan. 24, 2023: A White Bear Lake police officer was shot and wounded while serving a warrant.

Jan. 23: Two McLeod County sheriff’s deputies were wounded by gunfire while serving a warrant in Winsted, Minnesota.

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