Loring Park gunman made chilling threat before Minneapolis mass shooting: search warrants

The Brief

  • New search warrants reveal details about Carlton Johnson’s actions and threats leading up to the deadly Sept. 2 shooting at Shoreline Plaza.
  • A tenant reported that Johnson threatened to kill the assistant property manager and the mother of his child on Sept. 1.
  • Johnson warned a security guard the night before the shooting that he should probably wear a bulletproof vest the next day.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Hours before Carlton Johnson carried out a deadly mass shooting at a Loring Park high-rise, he told a security guard he should probably wear his bulletproof vest the following night, new search warrants reveal.

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The backstory:

Authorities say Johnson opened fire outside the Shoreline Plaza apartment building on Sept. 2.

Investigators say Johnson shot a woman during a custody exchange, then shot two workers as he moved inside the building. Inside the building, he went to the ninth floor where he shot two residents, killing both of them.…

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