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Monday will bring an increase in clouds, milder temperatures and light winds. Look for highs from the low 30s north to the low 40s south. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Coming up on Morning Edition:  The shooting early on Sunday morning shocked the Burnsville neighborhood and has left the law enforcement community in the Twin Cities suburb reeling. We hear from people who reacted to the shooting from early in the event through the evening.

Plus, our MPR News politics reporter Dana Ferguson gives us a preview of what we're watching at the Minnesota Legislature this week.
 
'Ultimate sacrifice': 2 officers, medic killed in Burnsville; suspected shooter dead

Two Burnsville police officers and a paramedic were shot and killed early Sunday morning while responding to a call for help about a man armed and barricaded in a home with seven children inside.

The men killed were identified by the city as officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both age 27, and 40-year-old firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth. Another officer, Sgt. Adam Medlicott, was injured and taken to a hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.

A vigil was held Sunday night. MPR News senior reporter Sarah Thamer was there and we will have more on that soon.
 
Minnesota’s school resource officer debate could come to a head this week

Over the weekend, state lawmakers had behind-the-scenes talks on modifications to a law that bars school staff and officers from restraining students in ways that could affect breathing.

But it will continue to face fierce debate along the way.

While leaders of both political parties have said they’re eager to act quickly to pass a bill tweaking the 2023 policy change, they’ve not yet been able to strike an agreement that satisfies law enforcement, student advocates, educators and other interest groups.
 
What else we're watching:

Stop the Bleed training aims to create citizen first responders. Bleeding is the leading cause of death in traumatic injuries. Minutes can mean the difference between life and death. Minnesota emergency responders are on a mission to save lives by training a wide range of people to respond to traumatic injuries.

Recent incidents of law enforcement officers killed or wounded by gunfire in Minnesota, neighboring states. The fatal shooting of three first responders — including two police officers — in Burnsville on 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.

Transforming a 1909 St. Paul house into an all-electric green home for the future. A St. Paul couple transformed their century-old home into an all-electric green home for the future, showing the way for other homeowners to help reduce the amount of carbon emissions Minnesotans generate in their homes.

Twin Cities internet company plugs email server leak. COVID-19 deaths in the United States were likely undercounted in official statistics during the first 30 months of the pandemic, according to a new scientific paper from a national team that includes a University of Minnesota researcher.

World Cup in Minneapolis: Jessie Diggins finishes fourth, but still feels the love. Diggins, a native of Afton and an Olympic gold medalist in 2018, skied well through her initial sprint, the quarterfinals and the semifinals . But in the end, she finished fourth in the freestyle sprint.

—  Matt Mikus, MPR News

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