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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Family of Man Killed at Minneapolis Crisis Residence Demands Accountability as Earlier Coon Rapids Case Draws Scrutiny
Bryce Hayes' family has retained attorneys after the 23-year-old was killed at a Minneapolis mental-health facility; the man charged in his death was already facing allegations from an August attack at a Coon Rapids emergency room.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (October 3, 2026). The family of a 23-year-old man killed at a Minneapolis residential mental-health facility is demanding accountability and has retained attorneys as questions grow about the circumstances that placed him alongside a man already facing criminal charges connected to earlier violence.
Bryce Hayes died following an attack Monday at Nancy Page Crisis Residence in Minneapolis.
Derek Faulkner, 31, has been charged with second-degree murder and assault in connection with the attack.
According to the charges, Faulkner allegedly attacked residents at the facility using multiple objects.
Hayes' family told reporters through their attorneys that witnesses said their son was struck with a hammer and fire extinguisher.
The allegations have not been proven in court, and Faulkner is presumed innocent unless convicted.
The case carries a significant North Metro connection.
Faulkner was already facing criminal charges stemming from an August incident in which he allegedly shot and injured a coworker and later attacked medical personnel at a Coon Rapids emergency room.
That history is now likely to intensify questions about how risk was evaluated before Faulkner entered a residential setting with other people receiving mental-health services.
Hayes' family has retained legal counsel and is calling for answers about the safety procedures at the Minneapolis facility and the circumstances preceding their son's death.
Those questions extend beyond the criminal prosecution.
Residential crisis programs occupy a difficult position within Minnesota's behavioral-health system. They are intended to provide structured treatment and support outside hospitals while serving people who may be experiencing serious mental-health crises.
That mission also creates a responsibility to protect residents and staff while determining what level of care and supervision individual patients require.
The criminal case will determine whether prosecutors can prove the allegations against Faulkner beyond a reasonable doubt.
The separate accountability questions raised by Hayes' family concern the system around the encounter: what information was available, how risks were assessed and whether the killing could have been prevented.
For Hayes' family, those questions are no longer theoretical.
They are asking why their 23-year-old son entered a place intended to provide mental-health care and did not come home.
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