US EditionMan Gets 76 Years for 2023 Shooting of 5 Officers Near Princeton
Karl Holmberg was convicted on seven counts of attempted murder and sentenced to 76 years after shooting five officers during a narcotics warrant execution, officials said.
- On Oct. 13, Benton County Judge Robert Raupp sentenced Holmberg after a jury found him guilty of seven counts of attempted murder in August.
- Seven task force members went to Holmberg's Glendorado home at 225 190th Avenue NE on Oct. 12, 2023 to execute a narcotics warrant, and officers announced the warrant before Holmberg started shooting.
- Holmberg pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after a prior conviction, was shot, treated at North Memorial Medical Center, and his wife said he claimed `it was his day to die`.
- The defense asked for a 372-month term, noting Holmberg's age and release prospects; he will serve his sentence at Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud with two years' credit.
- Brad Muellner, Drug Task Force Captain, said the effects are felt every day, while spouses of two officers gave victim impact statements and Judge Robert Raupp stressed two officers very likely could have lost their lives.
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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.
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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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