Transcript of Beloved Duluth runner and son among victims in Minnesota murder-suicide

Today's run was really difficult because you feel the loss of a close person that almost feels like family.

Katie Benziger is part of the Mom's Run This Town group that has been gathering for morning runs in the Twin Ports for years. But this morning, they were without an original member, many say is the happiest person they've seen at 05:00 AM.

Erin was one of the first friends a lot of us made when we moved to Duluth and joined the running group.

Erin Abramson and her son, Jacob's nephew, were two of the four victims.

I think we are all just heartbroken and shocked by the situation and the news that we found out about this morning and just cannot imagine what that was like for them.

Two mothers and their sons.

Life will go on through her memories and all of us showing up in the morning in the dark with a big smile like Aaron always would.

According to DPD, just a few hours later, But just five minutes away, Catherine's nephew and all of her nephew were found dead with the father, Anthony's nephew, who had shot himself.

Shocking. It's devastating. It's heartbreaking. It's not something that we hear of here in Dunfell neighborhood.

Nicki Woodet lives in the neighborhood and saw the mother and son together a lot, adding to Oliver's free toy library.

That's devastating in itself. That was just something that brought the neighborhood just a little bit of joy.

The toy library now being repurposed by the community, turning it into a vigil for Oliver and his mom.

Walking past the box is just going to be... It's going to be different now. It's going to feel empty.

A community still trying to make sense of the senseless, but making sure those lost won't be forgotten.

It definitely has left a hole in all of our hearts and just feel like we've lost a sister.

In Duluth, Jeffrey McClare, Northern News Now.

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