Police Identify Victims, Suspect In Cloquet Super 8 Shooting

CLOQUET, Minn. — The Cloquet Police Department has released the names of the victims and suspect in the Cloquet shooting that happened Monday night.

Authorities say the suspect who was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound has been identified as 32-year-old Nicholas Elliot Lenius of Ramsey, Minnesota.

The victim found inside a car in the parking lot of the Super 8 Motel has been identified as Patrick Jeffrey Roers of Deer River, Minnesota.

The hotel clerk is 22-year-old Shellby Marie Trettel of Cloquet. Police say she was transported by ambulance to St. Luke’s in Duluth where she succumbed to her injuries.

The police department says they are actively investigating to “bring clarity and understanding to the circumstances surrounding it as quickly as possible.” They express their heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends affected by the tragic incident.