ST PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released new details Wednesday in a stabbing, and later a police shooting, that left two people dead Sunday in Marshall.
The fatal stabbing victim was identified by the BCA as 35-year-old Meredith Martell, of Marshall. The medical examiner determined Martell died from multiple sharp-force injuries, which authorities accused 41-year-old Jamel C. Hill Moore, of Marshall, of inflicting. Moore was killed soon after in an exchange with a Marshall police officer, identified by the BCA as Eric Klenken.
The BCA reported Klenken is a 24-year law enforcement veteran, who was placed on standard administrative leave following the shooting.
The incident began early Sunday morning, Dec. 17, when police were called to a home in Marshall on reports of a domestic disturbance. The BCA said Klenken arrived to find a child who "flagged him down" and brought him into the house where he heard a woman screaming for help.
The officer claimed when he entered an upstairs bedroom, he saw Martell lying on the floor of her bedroom closet while Moore stabbed her. According to the BCA, Klenken ordered Moore to drop his weapon, and when he refused, Klenken tried to incapacitate Moore with his Taser.
When the Taser did not have the desired effect on Moore, Klenken ordered him to drop his knife again, before the BCA said Klenken shot Moore twice with his department-issued handgun.
Despite the efforts of Klenken and other responding officers, both Martell and Moore died from their injuries. Police said neither Klenken nor the children at the home were hurt.
The BCA, which continues to lead the investigation, said Klenken was wearing his body camera at the time of the incident and the agency is in the process of reviewing its footage.
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