Updated: 2:21 PM CDT May 19, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. St. Paul police say an arrest has been made in a cold case shooting death in 2010.
Heidi Firkus, then 25, was shot and killed in her home on April 25, 2010. At that time, her husband told police that an intruder broke into their home, grabbed his shotgun and shot his wife in the back.
The case had remained unsolved for more than a decade.
News of the arrest was first posted on the St. Paul PD Twitter page, which announced that a man was taken into custody in Mounds View Sunday by an SPPD SWAT team and booked into the Ramsey County Jail on suspicion of murder.
Twin Cities man arrested for allegedly killing wife in 2010
May 19, 2021
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Police on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of killing his wife in St. Paul more than a decade ago.
Nicholas Firkus, 38, of Mounds View, was interviewed at police headquarters after his arrest and was booked into the Ramsey County Jail. He has been charged but details are not expected to be released until Thursday when Firkus is scheduled to make his first court appearance, Ramsey County Attorney’s Office spokesman Dennis Gerhardstein said.
Firkus is accused of killing 25-year-old Heidi Firkus on April 25, 2010. Nicholas Firkus told police that someone broke into their home about 6:30 a.m. that day and grabbed his shotgun, after which the two struggled over the weapon. Firkus said the gun fired, killing his wife, and he was injured in the leg when it went off a second time.
Police arrest husband of St. Paul woman killed in 2010
Nicholas Firkus, who is now 38, said he struggled with the intruder, the gun went off and Heidi was shot in the back at their home. Nicholas reported he was shot in his thigh and groin, and he was treated at the hospital for his injuries.
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Mara H. Gottfried / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 4:37 pm, May 19, 2021 ×
ST. PAUL Police arrested Nicholas Firkus on Wednesday, May 19, on suspicion of murder in the shooting of his wife, Heidi Firkus, 11 years ago in St. Paul.
Firkus, 25, was killed April 25, 2010. Nicholas James Firkus, then 27, told police that someone broke into their Hamline-Midway home in St. Paul about 6:30 a.m., and he grabbed his shotgun.
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