Crime & Safety

Northfield Graduate Killed in South Minneapolis

Shea Stremcha, who graduated from Northfield High School in 2004, was shot and killed Wednesday morning.

A 2004 Northfield High School graduate living in south Minneapolis was shot and killed in his home early Wednesday morning.

Shea Stremcha, 25, who in the last year started a job with Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis and was engaged to be married, was killed after someone broke into his home shortly before 3 a.m., according to KSTP.

A police dog followed a blood trail from the house through the backyard and into the alley. No one has been arrested, according to the Star Tribune.

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Stremcha and his wife-to-be had moved into the home within the past year, neighbors told the Star Tribune.

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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