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A man who was fatally shot by a St. Paul police officer Sunday evening confronted the officer with a knife and ignored commands to drop it, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The BCA on Tuesday identified the officer as Steven Mattson, who has less than one year of service in the department.

The shooting occurred after police say Ronald Kerry Davis, 31, rear-ended the vehicle Mattson was driving in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul.

The confrontation occurred at the intersection of Thomas Avenue and Griggs Street. The BCA said both men got out of their vehicles. Mattson could be heard on emergency dispatch audio yelling for someone to “drop the knife,” followed shortly by radio calls of “shots fired.” BCA investigators said they recovered a knife at the scene.

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The shooting was recorded by Mattson’s body camera. Some activists have called on the agencies to release the video.

The BCA will present the findings of their investigation to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office when it’s completed.

Soon after the shooting, Mayor Melvin Carter said the entire community was in mourning, and offered his prayers to both the officer involved and the family of the man who was killed.

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The 31-year-old man who was fatally shot by a St. Paul police officer Sunday confronted the officer with a knife and ignored commands to drop it, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The BCA identified the officer as Steven Mattson, who has less than one year of service in the department.

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