Minnesota man, Kirk Edward Hazlett III, kills father inside hunting cabin

A Minnesota man was “on a mission” to kill his father in front of fellow relatives when he burst into the older man’s rural hunting cabin and shot him multiple times before fleeing.

Kirk Edward Hazlett III allegedly fired nine shots at his father, 64-year-old Kirk Edward Hazlett II, including once in the head, leaving him bleeding to death on his living room floor in Pine County on November 15 . According to the records received by the police Northern Pine County News.

The suspected gunman was seen on a trail camera walking toward the family’s hunting cabin with a handgun at approximately 8:40 p.m. The victim’s brother was alerted by the noise and ran to the bedroom to get the gun.

According to the criminal complaint seen by the outlet, Hazlett III entered the cabin through a side door and shot his father at least three times.

By the time the gunman’s uncle returned, he saw his brother lying on the ground near a sofa.

“(He) was still alive and breathing a little bit.”

Another relative recalled that the suspected gunman did not say anything when he entered and immediately fired his weapon.

“He had entered with a mission…he had entered to kill her,” the unidentified relative said, according to the report.

Hazlett III and his father had not been getting along “for some time” because the alleged killer “did not have a good relationship with his family,” the report said.

Now face to face with two other relatives, Hazlett III allegedly ordered them to sit on the couch as both pleaded for their lives.

According to the Kansas City Star report, Hazlett III turned around and shot his father in the head “execution style” to “make sure he was dead.”

Hazlett III ordered his two relatives to hand over their phones before letting them leave the cabin.

The now free relatives ran to a neighbor’s house where the police were called.

By the time first responders arrived at the wooded area on Barnes Spring Road in Hinckley, Hazlett III had fled the area as his father was pronounced dead at the scene. Pine County Sheriff.

Instead of hiding, Hazlett III ran back to his Cambridge home, about eight miles from the cabin, where he called the Isanti County Sheriff’s Office out of concern for his girlfriend.

Hazlett III was arrested at his home and charged with second-degree murder, burglary and kidnapping.

He is being held at the Pine County Sheriff’s Office on $3 million, according to jail records viewed by The Post.

In October, police were called to the cabin due to a disturbance between Hazlett III and his father.

The angry son was reportedly drinking and threatening his father, North Pine County News reports.

Hazlett II told police his son was not welcome at the cabin and was trespassing on the property.

According to the report, Hazlett III’s girlfriend said her boyfriend and the family “didn’t see eye to eye” and that he was frustrated with a new security camera his family installed near the cabin and that he “tagged” a deer this year. ” did not do. Claimed.