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Authorities in northwest Minnesota say a man was shot and wounded by law enforcement following a lengthy vehicle pursuit on Monday morning.

It happened just after 10 a.m. along County Road 9 near 350th Avenue Southwest, about 8 miles west of Crookston. 

 the pursuit started at the U.S.-Canada border crossing at Pembina, N.D. — about 90 miles northwest of Crookston. 

A 34-year-old man from Oklahoma allegedly led authorities into Marshall County, Minn. — “driving at high rates of speed and erratically,” according to the sheriff’s office — and then south into Polk County, passing through downtown Crookston.

After the vehicle was stopped west of Crookston, the man was shot by law enforcement. 

He suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was taken to a hospital in Grand Forks, where he was treated and released. As of Wednesday, he was being held at the Northwest Regional Correctional Center in Crookston pending charges. Authorities said the man was the only person in the vehicle.

The sheriff’s office has not released any further information about the circumstances of the shooting or the officers involved. 

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is handling the investigation. 

A stretch of the county road at the shooting scene was closed Monday as investigators worked in the area.

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