Crime & Safety

'He's Been Stalking Me': Transcript Released In Tekle Sundberg Case

The transcript from a Minneapolis mother's 911 call about a man shooting into her apartment has been released.

A mother's 911 call reported that 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg​ was shooting into her apartment Wednesday evening. The call led to a six-hour standoff, which ended when police fatally shot Sundberg.
A mother's 911 call reported that 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg​ was shooting into her apartment Wednesday evening. The call led to a six-hour standoff, which ended when police fatally shot Sundberg. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis has released the transcript from a mother's 911 call reporting that 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg was shooting into her apartment Wednesday evening.

"He just shot through... There's a bullet hole through my apartment," " Arabella Foss-Yarbrough told a 911 operator.

After the operator confirmed with her that there was no bleeding, Foss-Yarbrough said "I don't know if I should shoot back. I have license to carry..."

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"I would not recommend that," the operator said. "We're getting an officer out there as fast as we can. If you keep your gun put away it'll make it more clear to the officers where, ah the shots are coming from and where they're going towards."

"I know that guy does not like me," Foss-Yarbrough told a 911 dispatcher. "For some odd reason he's been stalking me."

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Foss-Yarbrough later said she was hugging one of her two children; "I don't know if he's gonna die, oh my God."

Police were eventually able to get Foss-Yarbrough and her two children — ages 2 and 4 — out of the building while Sundberg remained on the third-floor.

Six hours after the 911 phone call, at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday, two Minneapolis officers shot and killed Sundberg. The officers were identified as Aaron Pearson and Zachary Seraphine.

Read the 911 transcript below:

According to a GoFundMe page created for her, Foss-Yarbrough is unable to access her apartment due to the ongoing investigation. She also recently lost her job.

"Her apartment is a crime scene. She is not allowed to retrieve anything even with police escort," the page reads.

"She now has no job, no identification, wallet, clothes for her self or children. My little sister is strong but she is breaking and needs more help than our family can provide at this time so I'm reaching out to the community. Anything would help so she can at least cover her standing bills while she gains new employment and focuses on her and the boys mental and emotional health."

A vigil was set up outside of the apartment complex where the standoff took place, and Black Lives Matter protesters gathered there Saturday to protest Sundberg's death at the hands of police.

In a widely circulated video recorded by KARE 11 reporter Deevon Rahming, Foss-Yarbrough is seen confronting the protesters in the street.

"This is not OK. This is not a George Floyd situation. George Floyd was unarmed," she shouted. "He tried to kill me in front of my kids."

Protesters shouted back at her, with one of them telling her "You're alive!" Read more here.

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