US EditionMan Gets 76 Years for 2023 Shooting of 5 Officers Near Princeton
Karl Holmberg received 76 years for seven counts of attempted murder and drug charges after shooting five officers during a narcotics search warrant execution, officials said.
- On Friday, Benton County Judge Robert Raupp sentenced Karl Thomas Holmberg, 66, to 76 years in prison, imposing three consecutive 306-month terms.
- A knock-and-announce narcotics warrant at Karl Thomas Holmberg's Glendorado residence at 225 190th Avenue NE on Oct. 12, 2023 prompted Holmberg to open fire, sparking an hours-long standoff.
- Court records show Holmberg fired 28 rounds from a high-powered rifle through the door, striking five officers who all survived the shooting.
- A jury convicted Holmberg in August on seven counts of first-degree attempted murder of a peace officer and related drug and gun violations, and he will serve his sentence at Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud with credit for two years served.
- Victim spouse Brittany Albert told the court `her husband has only a 1% chance of returning to duty` and urged maximum sentencing.
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Duluth News Tribune
Man sentenced to 76 years in prison for shooting 5 Minnesota officers
FOLEY, Minn. — A Princeton, Minnesota, man was sentenced to 76-and-a-half years in prison on Friday, Oct. 13, for shooting five law enforcement officers in a 2023 standoff at his home. Karl Thomas Holmberg, 66, was sentenced in Benton County Court to three 306-month consecutive terms. A jury found Holmberg guilty in August after a nine-day trial in August on seven counts of first-degree attempted murder, seven counts of first-degree assault usin…
Man sentenced to 76 years in prison for shooting officers near Princeton
Karl Holmberg fired at members of the Sherburne County Drug Task Force as they attempted to serve a narcotics search warrant at his rural home near Princeton. All five officers survived.
Man wanted for 11 counts of attempted murder tied to 2023 shooting arrested in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs police say an investigation into a 2023 shooting has led them to arrest a 20-year-old man, who is now facing 11 counts of attempted first-degree murder. The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says that Joshua Saucier was taken into custody on Thursday, Oct. 30, near Inverness Drive, close to the intersection of Fountain Boulevard and South Academy Boulevard. Several CSPD units assisted in …
CSPD: Man facing 11 counts of attempted murder
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — On Thursday, Oct. 30, a man was taken into custody and is facing 11 counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD). CSPD said on Thursday at around 12:15 p.m., several CSPD units, including Armed Violent Offender, Strategic Investigations, Burglary, Robbery, K9, and Tactical Enforcement, helped with an investigation stemming from a shooting in 2023, in the 1300 block of In…
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