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CBS News
15-05-2025
- CBS News
Minnesota fallen officers among those honored during National Police Week memorial service
Several Minnesota police officers killed in the line of duty will be remembered during a memorial service in Washington D.C. Thursday morning. The memorial service is part of the National Police Week, an event which brings law enforcement and families together to pay homage to those killed. This year, roughly 350 fallen police officers will be memorialized. Minnesota officers include Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, who were shot and killed in February 2024 along with firefighter paramedic Adam Finseth. Other Minnesota officers being remembered include Jesse Branch, of Red Lake Nation Police; National Park Service Ranger Kevin Grossheim; and Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell. How to watch What: A memorial service honoring the officers who were killed in the line of duty. A memorial service honoring the officers who were killed in the line of duty. When: 11 a.m. CT 11 a.m. CT Where: Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. How to watch: You can watch the memorial service live in the player above, on CBS News Minnesota or on Pluto TV. The 101 Market and Garden Center raised funds to help send the families of Elmstrand, Ruge and Finseth — as well as the entire Burnsville Police Department — to Washington, D.C. to attend the memorial. The officers' names were read aloud during a candlelight vigil Tuesday on the National Mall. "It is just a really powerful and moving thing, and you could see the emotion in people's eyes," Burnsville Police Dep. Chief Matt Smith told WCCO News. "We've been waiting a long time for this week and this event to honor Matt and Paul and Adam." Finseth was honored in early May as part of National Firefighter Memorial Weekend. This story will be updated.
CBS News
02-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Fallen Burnsville first responder Adam Finseth to be honored at National Firefighters Memorial
Here's how the memory of a fallen Burnsville firefighter is being honored Here's how the memory of a fallen Burnsville firefighter is being honored Here's how the memory of a fallen Burnsville firefighter is being honored Dozens of Burnsville firefighters and their families are headed to Maryland to honor firefighter and paramedic Adam Finseth during this weekend's National Firefighter Memorial Weekend events. The program includes a candlelight vigil and memorial service at the National Firefighter Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland. "I think coming together and everybody moving forward is the best way to honor him," Burnsville Fire Chief BJ Jungmann told WCCO. "It still weights on everybody's mind every day, right? We all miss Adam and not having him there to support us and talk to us and serve alongside us is heavy on everybody." Finseth was shot and killed in February 2024, along with Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge. Finseth, 40, was a firefighter and SWAT paramedic in the city since 2019. The Savage, Minnesota, resident also served as a water rescue trainer and was a member of Burnsville's Health and Wellness Committee. Jungmann says Finseth previously worked with the fire departments in Savage and Hastings. Finseth was also a volunteer youth baseball coach for Prior Lake/Savage, according to the Prior Lake Athletics for Youth Facebook page. He served in the Army's Bravo Company 1st Battalion 327th Infantry during Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to his LinkedIn page.
