{"id":41857,"date":"2026-08-12T23:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41857"},"modified":"2026-08-12T23:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:28:27","slug":"man-kills-his-partner-and-child-at-their-minnesota-daycare-before-taking-his-own-life-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41857","title":{"rendered":"Man kills his partner and child at their Minnesota daycare before taking his own life, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/12\/Daycare_Killings_Minnesota_86883_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HOPKINS, Minn. \u2014 A man killed his partner and child at a home daycare they own in Minnesota before taking his own life, police said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>All six other kids who were at the home have been reunited with their parents, and none were injured, according to authorities in Hopkins, a suburb of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins Police Chief Brent Johnson said another parent called police after witnessing the attack while bringing a child to Brown Bear Childcare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no worse scenario than this, where you drop off your child somewhere you think is safe, and you get that phone call,\u201d Johnson said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><em>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE \u2014 In the U.S., the national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The police chief declined to say how the victims died. He said he didn\u2019t know the relationship between the two adults who owned the daycare, but the child who died is believed to be theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said killings are a \u201crarity\u201d in Hopkins and that his officers were shaken by the scene they found inside the home.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could see on the look on their faces that this was one of those ones that you\u2019ll remember for your entire career, if not life,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"permission\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOPKINS, Minn. \u2014 A man killed his partner and child at a home daycare they own in Minnesota before taking his own life, police said Wednesday. All six other kids who were at the home have been reunited with their parents, and none were injured, according to authorities in Hopkins, a suburb of Minneapolis. 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