Homicide suspect shot by cop in Stearns Co.
The Stearns County sheriff's office said a deputy shot and wounded an armed man suspected of homicide early Sunday.
A statement released by the sheriff's office said a gunman shot another man just after 4 a.m. Sunday on a stretch of Rockville's main thoroughfare. The suspect fled on foot.
The victim, 30-year-old Jeffrey Schutz of Rockville, later died. Law enforcement officers were searching the area when someone reported seeing the suspect in the laundry room of a nearby four-unit apartment building.
Officers surrounded the building and were about to go in when the armed suspect came out a back entrance. The sheriff's office statement said that "verbal commands were given and the suspect was wounded by gunfire."
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Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner told the St. Cloud Times that the suspect was carrying an assault rifle and a handgun.
The suspect -- who has been identified as 28-year-old Marcus Barshaw of Walker -- was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment.
The deputy who shot Barshaw has been placed on paid leave.
Rockville is about 80 miles northwest of the Twin Cities.