Forest Lake, Minnesota

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press of March 3, 2006

Forest Lake man shoots intruder, police say

A 19-year-old Lino Lakes man was rushed to the hospital early Thursday after he was shot when he and several others allegedly confronted a man in a Forest Lake apartment, police said.

The shooting occurred about 1:45 a.m. Thursday, after the group of men went to a North Shore Drive apartment to collect a debt, Forest Lake Police Chief Clark Quiring said today.

The group broke through the door of the apartment, where 20-year-old Paul John Rohde allegedly shot one of the men in the leg with a shotgun, Quiring said.

The group fled the apartment and took Cody Joseph Mezzenga to Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming. He was later transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul for surgery.

Quiring said Mezzenga's injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.