DEC 2, 2019
David Schladetzky: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com
David Schladetzky was a
Minnesota man who shot and killed his ex-wife and their two sons before fatally shooting himself inside a Minneapolis home on Sunday, December 1, police say.
Kjersten Ellingson Schladetzky, 39, and her two sons, William, 11, and Nelson, 8, were killed in the tragic triple murder-suicide,
the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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“All indication is that the children were outside playing in the snow when the suspect pulled up and shot them both,” police spokesman John Elder told reporters. “There’s no way someone can come up with a good explanation for this. This is horrific. This is a tragedy.”
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According to the Star Tribune, a 911 caller told dispatchers Schladetzky texted the caller a photo of himself with a flag flying at half staff and a message reading, “I loved every minute with you guys.” It is not clear to whom Schladetzky sent that text message or when it was sent.
A neighbor
told Fox 9 News’ Hannah Flood that a man was heard yelling, followed by a child yelling “daddy,” before gunshots rang out.
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Police said the Schladetzky’s two young boys, ages 8 and 11, were found dead in the front yard of the home. A woman was found dead near the door of the house and was identified as his ex-wife. Police treated the scene as a possible hostage situation or a barricade for several hours as a precaution, but did not have any contact with anyone inside the house.
About 3:30 p.m., after a bomb squad robot with a camera revealed that a man was dead inside the house next to a handgun, officers entered the home and found Schladetzky dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. They also identified the body in the entryway as Schladetzky’s ex-wife, Kjersten. No one else was inside the house.
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Police said they had never been called to the Schladetzky’s home before on domestic violence or any other emergency calls. The home is listed in Hennepin County property records as being owned by Kjersten Schladetzky. It was purchased in 2007 by David Schladetzky. Ownership of the home was transferred to his ex-wife when their divorce was finalized, records show.
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David Schladetzky did not have a criminal record aside from traffic violations. It is not yet clear when or how he obtained the gun used in the shooting, or if it was legally owned, according to police.
Dave Schladetzky was listed as the vice president of the Parent-Teacher Association at Whittier International Elementary School in Minneapolis, where one of his sons was a student. He was also a former treasurer for the PTA and ran the Scholastic Book Fair,
according to the elementary school’s website.
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Few details about Schladetzky’s life were immediately available. It is not clear if he was employed, and if he was, where he worked. He
was once listed as the catering director at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the former home of the Minnesota Twins baseball team and Minnesota Vikings football team.
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David Schladetzky was originally from Iowa. He graduated from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and from the University of Iowa,
according to a 1989 article in The Gazette about a classmate who was murdered in his hometown.
While he was living in Iowa, Schladetzky worked in real estate, including in the Des Moines area. Schladetzky was quoted in a
1993 Los Angeles Times article about flooding on the Mississippi River. According to the article, Schaldetzky was set to get married but the wedding was derailed by flooding. It is not clear if he ever married the woman named in the article. If he was previously married, it is not known how long he was with his first wife.
Schladetzky moved from Des Moines to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2003, according to public records. He filed for bankruptcy in Iowa federal court in 2002, records show.
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