A 33-year-old St. Paul man killed Friday night in his parents’ garage in Chanhassen has been identified as Erik Allen Berger, according to the Carver County sheriff’s office.

Carver County Sheriff Jason Kamerud gave the following details in a news release Saturday:

Shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, authorities received a 911 call about a medical emergency in the 8100 block of Audubon Road in Chanhassen. When public safety workers arrived, they found a man lying on the floor in a garage area where his parents had found him. It appeared he had been violently assaulted.

Despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead.

Detectives later found a “person of interest” dead at a home in Minneapolis.

The sheriff’s office released further details about the homicide on Monday saying Berger suffered both knife and gunshot wounds. The person authorities believe killed Berger died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It appears the two knew each other. The sheriff’s office did not say if the suspect was a man or woman.

Identification of the suspected killer will be released by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office.

The slaying is still under investigation by the Carver County sheriff’s office, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Midwest Medical examiner’s office, and the Hennepin County Medical examiner’s office.

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