Super 8 shooting fueled by meth, 'monsters'
Police release final report on shooter that killed two, then took his own life
March 8, 2024
The Cloquet Police Department and investigators of the deadly Jan. 8 shooting at the Super 8 hotel in Cloquet have determined that the shooter was a stranger to his two victims, had methamphetamine in his system, and was likely having a "mental health episode" when he shot a front desk clerk inside the hotel, a guest in the parking lot, and then himself.
The shooter, Nicholas Elliot Lenius, 32, contacted a work associate during the early evening incident and said he was "dealing with monsters," Cloquet police chief Derek Randall wrote in a press release issued Monday.
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