Watch: Police provide update on deadly shooting in Cloquet, Minnesota

CLOQUET, Minn. (KVRR-KQDS) – Law enforcement investigators spent the night at the crime scene in Cloquet, where two people were shot by a gunman, who then killed himself.

Tuesday morning, Chief Derek Randall said investigators were still looking for answers for what happened at the Super 8 motel.

He said the names of the three deceased will not be released for about twenty-four hours, pending the notification of family.

Chief Randall said surveillance footage inside the motel helped them identify one of the dead men in the parking lot as the shooter. Police say there was a gun next to him, and he is believed to have shot himself.

A female employee was shot inside the motel, one man was found shot to death outside in his car, and the apparent shooter was found dead outside on motel property.

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