On a quiet Sunday, the first of October in 2023, the community of Savage, Minnesota, was disturbed by an incident that would leave a family grieving and a neighborhood in search of answers. In a residential area on the 14900 block of Oakcrest Circle, 36-year-old Anthony G. Koonjbeharry was found, having sustained at least one gunshot wound. Emergency services responded to a report of gunfire shortly before 3 a.m., but tragically, Koonjbeharry was pronounced dead at the scene.
Initially,
the Savage Police Department launched a homicide investigation into the shooting, which occurred on private property. For weeks, the case remained shrouded in mystery, with no arrests made and no suspects publicly identified. Investigators, however, did state that they believed the shooting was an isolated incident and that there was no ongoing threat to the wider community. They appealed to the public for any information that might shed light on the circumstances of Koonjbeharry's death, asking anyone with knowledge of the incident to contact them or CrimeStoppers.
More than three weeks after the fatal shooting, the investigation took a significant turn. The Savage Police Department announced that they were no longer investigating the case as a homicide. Instead, it was reclassified as a "death investigation." While authorities did not release specific details, this change in status suggested that the cause of death could be related to an accidental or self-inflicted gunshot wound. As of late October 2023, no arrests had been made, and no suspects had been named in connection with the death of Anthony Koonjbeharry, a man remembered in his obituary as a senior building engineer and an avid fisherman who had won multiple awards for his angling skills.
