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Two shot, one dead in North Mankato
By Robb Murray
The Free Press
NORTH MANKATO— It was just before midnight Friday when a terrified woman left her husband’s body and ran to a neighbor for help.
Her husband had been shot. Another man lay wounded on her porch. She frantically pleaded for her neighbor to call for help. He did.
Within minutes, Abbeywood Lane — which slants through a quiet subdivision with new homes and few trees on North Mankato’s westernmost rim — saw the lights and sirens of at least 13 squad cars and two ambulances. By early morning, a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension mobile crime lab arrived. And finally, at about 10:30 a.m., a hearse.
The woman’s husband, Paul Simon Koster, 28, is dead of an apparent suicide. Another man, Curt Anthony Slater, 33, suffered a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to a hospital, but his injuries were not life threatening.
Unknown at this point is how or why Slater was shot. Police have released few details, and The Free Press was unable to contact investigators Saturday.
Little is known about the lives of Koster and his wife, who have lived in their home, neighbors say, since about November. Koster was deaf, as is his wife, which may have been why she went to a neighbor for help.
Neighbor Jeff Mages said he knew the Kosters, but not well. They met soon after the Kosters purchased the lot next to his, and Mages says he watched for months while Koster, who served as his own general contractor, slowly completed the house.
Both Mages and another neighbor described the Kosters as “very nice people.” They were very friendly, and had a toddler daughter one neighbor described as “a doll.”
But Koster, neighbors observed, hadn’t been around much during the past few months. One neighbor said Koster had been living with his parents in Worthington. Another man, meanwhile, had been living in the home.
Abbeywood Lane, meanwhile, was much busier than usual Saturday as word spread of the shootings. Neighbors said the amount of slow-passing vehicles was high. Many more walkers than usual.
Police tape surrounds the home, which still had two pickups and an SUV parked in the driveway by early evening. A neighbor recognized the vehicles as those belonging to the friends who visited frequently, and the man who had been living there.
Koster’s body has been sent to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner for an autopsy. The case remains under investigation.
Two shot, one dead in North Mankato
By Robb Murray
The Free Press
NORTH MANKATO— It was just before midnight Friday when a terrified woman left her husband’s body and ran to a neighbor for help.
Her husband had been shot. Another man lay wounded on her porch. She frantically pleaded for her neighbor to call for help. He did.
Within minutes, Abbeywood Lane — which slants through a quiet subdivision with new homes and few trees on North Mankato’s westernmost rim — saw the lights and sirens of at least 13 squad cars and two ambulances. By early morning, a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension mobile crime lab arrived. And finally, at about 10:30 a.m., a hearse.
The woman’s husband, Paul Simon Koster, 28, is dead of an apparent suicide. Another man, Curt Anthony Slater, 33, suffered a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to a hospital, but his injuries were not life threatening.
Unknown at this point is how or why Slater was shot. Police have released few details, and The Free Press was unable to contact investigators Saturday.
Little is known about the lives of Koster and his wife, who have lived in their home, neighbors say, since about November. Koster was deaf, as is his wife, which may have been why she went to a neighbor for help.
Neighbor Jeff Mages said he knew the Kosters, but not well. They met soon after the Kosters purchased the lot next to his, and Mages says he watched for months while Koster, who served as his own general contractor, slowly completed the house.
Both Mages and another neighbor described the Kosters as “very nice people.” They were very friendly, and had a toddler daughter one neighbor described as “a doll.”
But Koster, neighbors observed, hadn’t been around much during the past few months. One neighbor said Koster had been living with his parents in Worthington. Another man, meanwhile, had been living in the home.
Abbeywood Lane, meanwhile, was much busier than usual Saturday as word spread of the shootings. Neighbors said the amount of slow-passing vehicles was high. Many more walkers than usual.
Police tape surrounds the home, which still had two pickups and an SUV parked in the driveway by early evening. A neighbor recognized the vehicles as those belonging to the friends who visited frequently, and the man who had been living there.
Koster’s body has been sent to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner for an autopsy. The case remains under investigation.
Two shot, one dead in North Mankato