{"id":12712,"date":"2026-01-21T01:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12712"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T01:25:56","slug":"suspect-arrested-after-early-morning-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12712","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Arrested After Early-Morning Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Early-Morning Shooting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after \u201c4:20 a.m. on November 23, 2025,\u201d gunfire broke the quiet of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South St. Cloud in the \u201c800-block of 8th Avenue South.\u201d Police found two victims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a 44-year-old shot twice and a 55-year-old assaulted with a blunt object after<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>trying to intervene. Both suffered \u201cnon-life-threatening injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rapid Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers arrived within minutes, recovered a handgun, and pursued a suspect on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police credited \u201crapid response, witness accounts, and nearby surveillance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for the arrest of 31-year-old Austin Gerads,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>adding there was \u201cno ongoing threat to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred near St. Cloud State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents reported hearing arguments and gunshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballistic testing confirmed the handgun was used,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and investigators reviewed \u201ccamera footage and phone records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charges and Community Response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerads faces two counts of \u201cfirst-degree assault with a dangerous weapon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and felony handgun possession. Leaders urged calm,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>increased patrols, and renewed safety discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early-Morning Shooting Shortly after \u201c4:20 a.m. on November 23, 2025,\u201d gunfire broke the quiet of South St. Cloud in the \u201c800-block of 8th Avenue South.\u201d Police found two victims: a 44-year-old shot twice and a 55-year-old assaulted with a blunt object after trying to intervene. Both suffered \u201cnon-life-threatening injuries.\u201d Rapid Arrest Officers arrived within minutes,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12713,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12712\/revisions\/12713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}