Three were fatally stabbed, including a child, at a daycare facility on the 200 Block of Tyler Avenue North in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning. There was a massive police presence in the area attending to the scene as authorities proved the murder-suicide.
The daycare in question was Brown Bear Childcare. The six other children at the daycare were unharmed and were safely evacuated, Hopkins Police Chief Brent Johnson confirmed. Describing it as a domestic incident, Chief Johnson said at a presser at 11:30am CDT that two adults and a child were found dead at the daycare.
Johnson added that the victims were the suspect, a man, his wife and a child. They were the owners of the daycare. The investigation into the deaths is ongoing with preliminary indications that it was a case of murder-suicide. The adult male reported killed both before killing himself.
“This is a horrific, tragic situation for any community, especially in Hopkins where we don’t see this type of crime,” Chief Johnson said. Later, police said that they believed that man killed a 74-year-old relative earlier.
{{/usCountry}}“This is a horrific, tragic situation for any community, especially in Hopkins where we don’t see this type of crime,” Chief Johnson said. Later, police said that they believed that man killed a 74-year-old relative earlier.
{{/usCountry}}No information regarding what sparked the stabbing was revealed. Local news reports added that the scene was secured and there is no threat.
Who Owns Brown Bear Childcare? What We Know
Property records in Hopkins show that that the Brown Bear Childcare on Tyler Avenue North was owned and operated by Kristen Brown. The records show that Brown ran a daycare business at 236 Tyler Avenue North (License No. 1097637).
It was an in-home daycare that Brown ran along with her partner. As of now, officials have not confirmed the identities of the victims or the suspect.
“There’s no worse scenario than this, where you drop off your child somewhere you think is safe, and you get that phone call,” Johnson added. “This is a tragic day and horrific scene for little children to witness, if they did witness this.”