Overview
- Officers and a Crisis Response Team social worker responded around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment on Ashland Drive Northwest for a domestic-related mental-health call.
- Police say they spoke with the man and determined he was a threat to himself and others, prompting a 72-hour emergency hold.
- During an attempt to take him into custody, a struggle occurred and the man grabbed an officer’s firearm, according to police.
- Another officer fired, officers rendered aid, and the man was taken to Mayo Clinic Hospital’s St. Mary campus, where he was pronounced dead.
- The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating, identities have not been released, and officials say further details will follow a preliminary review.