Burnsville Man Charged In Thanksgiving Shooting

Bryan Charles Groehler, 21, of Burnsville, is in Dakota County Jail after his suspected involvement in a  near the Northfield  and an armed robbery in Faribault.

He is charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, second-degree assault, intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety, reckless discharge of a firearm within a municipality and giving an officer a fale name. He faces up to 32 years in prison and/or $62,000 in fines.

Also charged is Schuyler Keaton Brook, 18, with second-degree assault, drive-by-shooting toward a person and a vehicle/building, obstructing an investigation and falsely reporting a crime. He faces up to 30 years in prison and/or $58,500 in fines.

According to a criminal complaint, filed in Rice County District Court, Faribault Police were called to Trucker Inns at about 9:45 p.m. on Thanksgiving for a reported robbery at gunpoint, but found no one there. The man who reported being robbed told police he met three men at Truckers Inn and that they eventually robbed him of his wallet and the $2,000 inside. After the men got into a car and drove off, the man who reported being robbed told police they eventually dumped the car and that the driver allegedly shot at him.

A Rice County deputy responding to the call saw a man, later identified as Groehler, walking near the scene. The deputy said Groehler was carrying pepper spray, a SOG knife and $1,440. The deputy said Groehler told him he found the money when he was walking. When police searched the vehicle, they found a .44 Remington magazine and rounds, a 20-gauge Winchester shotgun and several used shells and a Remington 870 Express Magnum shotgun.

Groehler was arrested Friday morning on a warrant for theft and probation violation.