Cloquet woman, Deer River man were victims in double homicide at Cloquet hotel

Suspected shooter, who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, was from Ramsey, Minn

Jan 10, 20240

Elizabeth Flores, Star Tribune count

Police and the BCA at the scene where two people were shot and killed Monday night at a Super 8 hotel in Cloquet on Tuesday morning.

CLOQUET, MINN. - Shellby Trettel, self-described as a "front desk rep" at Super 8 on her Facebook page, was fatally shot while working Monday evening - one of two victims in the deadly incident that led to a rare, albeit brief, call for residents here to shelter in place while law enforcement officials looked for the shooter.

The other victim, a 35-year-old man from Deer River, Minn., was found dead in his car in the hotel's parking lot. Police said he had multiple gunshot wounds. The suspected shooter, a 32-year-old man from Ramsey, Minn., was dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was found on the hotel grounds with a gun next to him.

Police in this northeastern Minnesota city near Duluth have not yet released the names of the victims or the suspect, but Trettel's father posted on social media Tuesday night that Trettel was a compassionate and "wonderfully colorful" person, who loved her siblings, friends and music.

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