A Minnesota man has been charged with killing his father in front of fellow relatives at a hunting cabin in Hinckley.
Kirk Edward Hazlett III, 31, allegedly fired nine shots at his father, 64-year-old Kirk Edward Hazlett II, including once in the head, leaving him to d!e in a pool of blood on his living room floor in Pine County on Nov. 15, according to police records obtained by North Pine County News.
He faces two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of first-degree burglary.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Pine County District Court, deputies responded to the sh0oting around 8:44 p.m. on Friday. The 911 caller said that two men came to his house and said that Hazlett had shot his father, Kirk Edward Hazlett II, 62.
The two men directed investigators to the hunting cabin where the sho0ting occurred, and they found the victim deceased with multiple gunsh0t wounds.
Hazlett’s uncle told police that he, another man, and the victim were finishing dinner when they saw someone walk onto the property with a gun on the trail camera. He went to get his gun and heard three gunshots.
Court documents state that when the man returned, he saw Hazlett standing inside the cabin with a gun. He said that the victim was still alive at this point because he could see him breathing.
Hazlett’s uncle said Hazlett told them to go sit on the couch and then shot his father once more in the back of the head to make sure he was de@d. Hazlett then took the two men’s cell phones and let them leave.
Hazlett’s uncle also told investigators that Hazlett and his father “weren’t getting along and hadn’t for a very long time” and that Hazlett was “not in good relations with their family,” court documents state.
The other man told police that Hazlett “entered with a mission…he entered to kill [the victim].” He added that Hazlett had shot his father in the head “execution style.”
Around 9:18 p.m. that night, Hazlett called police in Isanti County to report that his girlfriend was making suicidal comments. Isanti County officials contacted Pine County officials and tracked his phone to State Highway 48 — roughly eight miles from the hunting cabin.
Court documents note that a month prior to the shooting, first responders were called to the cabin after Hazlett was drinking and threatening his father. Hazlett was trespassed from the property.
An autopsy of the victim showed he had been shot nine times.
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