Father, son shot to death in La Crosse

CREATED Sep. 16, 2012

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LA CROSSE - La Crosse Police are investigating the murder of a father and son in a photography store.

Captain Robert Lawrence says the homicides occurred about 2 p.m. Saturday, roughly the same time a photography class at May's Photo ends and the store closes. The La Crosse Tribune reports family members identified the victims as 56-year-old store owner Paul Petras and his 19-year-old son A.J. Petras.

Lawrence said Saturday police had made no arrests and no one immediately returned a call from The Associated Press Sunday for an update.

According to newspaper archives, Paul Petras ran the shop started by his father.

They formerly had a store in Winona, Minn.

AJ Petras was a 2011 graduate of Aquinas High School and a member of the ski team.