Extraction from an article from the Pioneer Press beyond a hard paywall, this answers the question about the kids now that the Mom of the three older kids has been released by the media I'll note it here: Noelle Torres.
https://enewspaper.twincities.com/in...2-b7a4648aa8c8
When a man barricaded himself in a Burnsville home with seven children, two of them were in the room with him as he was shooting, according to one of their mothers. Another child, the gunman?s 14-year-old son, took two younger children with him into a closet to hide as they curled into the fetal position. Shannon Cortez Gooden, 38, fatally shot Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth on Sunday morning, authorities have said. Burnsville police Sgt. Adam Medlicott was also shot by the gunman and is recovering. Before Gooden shot and killed himself, he asked his 12-year-old daughter and his girlfriend?s 14-year-old daughter ?if they wanted to go with him? and they told him ?no,? said Noemi Torres of what her 12-year-old daughter told her. ?They knew he was talking about them dying,? she said Monday night. Gooden and his girlfriend had two children together. Torres and Gooden, who broke up in 2016, had three children, ages 12, 14 and 15. His girlfriend has two children from a previous relationship. During the standoff, Gooden?s 12-year-old daughter and his girlfriend?s 14-year-old daughter were in the home?s main bedroom with him, Torres said. Gooden gave ear protection to the girls, like what would be used at a shooting range, Torres said of what her daughter told her. Torres? 12-year-old ran into a bathroom attached to the bedroom ? the whole area was small ? to try to get away, but Gooden started shooting out the bathroom window, Torres said. The girl was struck by a glass shard in the arm. Torres? daughter heard officers negotiating with Gooden. The girl told Torres that Gooden went into the hallway and shot at officers. Torres thinks that?s when Gooden was shot in the leg by police. Gooden went back into the bedroom with the girls. Torres? 12-year-old daughter told her she wasn?t scared until her father asked, ?Do you want to go with me?? ?He told my daughter he loved her, kissed her and took his life,? Torres said.