HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 11-09 Police identify man, 31, fatally shot by male suspect in Maplewood home invasion STAR TRIBUNE 11/9/2015 Police identify man killed in Maplewood home invasion-StarTribune.com
Police identify man, 31, fatally shot by
male suspect in Maplewood home
invasion
Associated Press NOVEMBER 9,2015-1:OOAM
MAPLEWOOD,Minn.—Authorities have identified a 31-year-old Maplewood man who
was killed in an apparent home invasion.
Maplewood police believe a male suspect who lmew Justin Niles Wright broke into his
home shortly before 5 a.m.Saturday and confronted him before firing one shot.Wright
was shot in his upper body and pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers discovered a handgun in the driveway of a nearby home and are trying to
determine whether it's connected to the shooting.
Police say Wright's girlfriend was in the home at the time of the shooting but wasn't
injured.
Neighbors told the Star Tribune on Sunday afternoon that Wright had recently won
custody of his two young daughters.They weren't in the home during the shooting.
An investigation is ongoing.