Charges filed after Carlton County chase in Duluth shooting case
A Lakeside house-party shooting led to a Carlton County chase, a jail booking in St. Louis County and new misdemeanor charges against Isaac Hugh Brenny.
A Duluth shooting suspect was taken into custody in Carlton County after police say he fled from officers, turning a late-night gunfire call in Lakeside-Lester Park into a cross-county criminal case. Isaac Hugh Brenny, 20, of McGregor, later faced misdemeanor charges tied to the chase, while investigators kept building the separate shooting case in Duluth.
Duluth police said the shooting happened June 15 at about 11:55 p.m. in the 4700 block of Otsego Street after a party grew out of control and several people were told to leave. Brenny was one of the people asked to leave, and police said he was witnessed firing multiple shots into the front of the residence as he was going out. A 20-year-old woman inside the house was struck in the arm and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said information about the suspect was relayed to neighboring agencies, and the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office located the suspect vehicle and took Brenny into custody. Officers also recovered a firearm. The City of Duluth said Brenny was lodged in the St. Louis County Jail pending charges of second-degree assault, reckless discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, while also describing the case as active and ongoing.
By the morning of June 18, Brenny had not yet been formally charged in the Duluth shooting itself, but the separate court case tied to the pursuit had moved ahead. Fox 21 reported that Brenny was facing two misdemeanor counts: fleeing a peace officer by a means other than a motor vehicle and obstructing legal process, also described as interfering with a peace officer. Those charges stemmed from his attempt to run from law enforcement after the shooting allegation.
The case shows how quickly a violent incident in one part of Duluth can become a multi-agency chase across county lines. From the house on Otsego Street to the Carlton County arrest and the St. Louis County jail booking, the response ran through Duluth police, Carlton County authorities and Cloquet police, underscoring the coordination that often shapes gun-violence investigations in the Northland.
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