COLD SPRING, Minn. (WCCO) – Ryan Larson, the suspect in the shooting death of a Cold Spring police officer, is a 34-year-old in his second year at St. Cloud Technical and Community College.
Police say while Larson lived in the apartment above Winner’s Bar in Cold Spring, they don’t believe he’s lived there very long.
Officer Tom Decker was a 6-year veteran before he died Thursday night after checking on Larson, who was thought to be suicidal. Decker was wearing a vest when he was shot twice, and killed.
For much of Friday, authorities focused their attention on a field not far from the shooting scene near Winner’s Bar. Both officers and K-9 units combed the empty parking lot before turning attention to the river.
Larson has been taken into custody and it appears that he doesn’t have a criminal history — nothing more than a couple traffic violations.
The autopsy report says Decker died from multiple gunshot wounds. Several guns were located during the search, too, investigators say.
