LIVE: Burnsville, MN, Firefighter, Officers' Memorial Service

Feb. 28, 2024
Burnsville Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth and Police Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge are being remembered.

Thousands are gathering Wednesday to honor the Burnsville firefighter and police officers killed while serving their community.

Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth and Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge are being rembered as heroes.

They were gunned down Feb. 18 at a call for a domestic disturbance.

Following the service at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, there will be a procession to a cemetery.

Finseth is the first firefighter in Minnesota to be shot and killed in the line of duty. 

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