One dead in police shooting in Vadnais Heights
Updated: 3:10 p.m. | Posted: 7:14 a.m.
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office says a suspect has died in a Sunday night shooting involving a sheriff's deputy in Vadnais Heights.
Authorities aren't releasing many details on the shooting. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating.
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According to the BCA, deputies were on routine patrol near U.S. Highway 61 and Interstate 694 in Vadnais Heights when they located a suspicious RV and car parked on the street at 3250 Fanum Rd.
Four deputies located a male inside the RV and a female inside the car. At one point, a deputy inside the RV fired their weapon, striking the male, the BCA said in a statement.
The woman in the car was interviewed and released. No deputies were injured and all four involved in the incident are on standard administrative leave, the BCA added.
Deputies were not wearing body cameras but investigators are reviewing squad video captured at the scene, the BCA said.
Ramsey County Sheriff's Office Sgt. John Eastham said the incident happened around 9:30 p.m.
Recorded dispatch audio indicated there was a struggle involving one of the deputies. Eastham said that the suspect, a white male, was transported to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.
Authorities didn't immediately identify the person who died in the shooting.