Updated: Thursday, 12 Aug 2010, 10:40 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 12 Aug 2010, 2:34 PM CDT
EAGAN, Minn. - Eagan police on Thursday identified the alleged shooter and third victim of Tuesday night’s double murder and suicide as Robin Bhattacharyya, the ex-husband of the woman killed in the shootings.
Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Eagan police received a 911 call of shots fired at 1366 Berry Ridge Road. Upon arrival, police found two people dead inside of apparent gunshot wounds.
The victims were identified as 42-year-old Charles Hanson and his 24-year-old wife Svetlana Hanson. Investigators said the husband and wife were shot through a front window of their home while three children were asleep inside
Bhattacharyya, 29, was later found dead in the backyard of apparent gunshot wounds.
Svetlana Hanson’s father was also inside the home at the time of the shooting.
Previous calls to the Hanson residence include a domestic assault in May 2009 and a order for protection violation in June 2010. No motive for this incident has been established. Bhattacharyya has no criminal history and no prior contact with Eagan police.
Jamestown Native Shot to Death in Minnesota
By Lynn Hopewell, News Director
Aug 13, 2010, 08:50
EAGAN, MN - Authorities report that an Eagan, Minnesota couple that were fatally shot Tuesday had connections with Jamestown.
Police report 42-year old Charles Hanson, a Jamestown high school graduate, and his wife, 24-year old Svetlana Hanson, were shot through the front window of their home in Eagan. Police report the gunman then went into the backyard and killed himself.
The couple’s three children were asleep and not injured during the shooting which occurred about 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Eagan police say one was the couple’s infant daughter, while the other two were Hanson’s from a previous marriage.
The Star Tribune also reported that Svetlana Hanson’s father was in the home at the time, but was not injured.
Authorities don’t believe anyone else was involved in the shooting and confirmed this morning that Svetlana Hanson had an order for protection out against her ex-husband. They also confirmed that officers had been to the Hanson home twice in the past year responding to calls of violation of the protection order.
According to an obituary in the Jamestown Sun a memorial mass for Charles and Svetlana Hanson is scheduled for Tuesday, August 17 at the Basilica of St. James in Jamestown, with inturnment at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Jamestown.
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