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Published November 19, 2010, 07:46 AM

Suspect's family 'shocked' by Iowa store killings

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Minnesota teenager accused of killing two store clerks in northern Iowa is expressing condolences to the victims' families.

  • Michael Richard Swanson
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    Michael Richard Swanson, 17, of St. Louis Park, Minn, enters the Kossuth County Courthouse in Algona, Iowa on Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Authorities on Tuesday charged Swanson with murdering two convenience store clerks at separate stores in northern Iowa. Swanson was charged as an adult with two counts each of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in separate slayings at stores in Kossuth and Humboldt counties. (AP Photo/The Globe Gazette, Jeff Heinz)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Minnesota teenager accused of killing two store clerks in northern Iowa is expressing condolences to the victims' families.

In a statement, the parents of 17-year-old Michael Swanson say "nothing has prepared us for this type of a tragedy."

Swanson's parents say they previously sought assistance for their son and "are struggling to make sense of his actions."

The teenager from St. Louis Park is charged in Monday night's shooting deaths at convenience stores in Algona and Humboldt. The victims — Vicky Bowman-Hall and Sheila Myers — were shot about an hour apart.

KCCI-TV says an attorney for Swanson's family released the statement. It says the family will not make any additional comments.

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