A Mille Lacs County deputy fatally shot an alleged intruder who was pointing his weapon at several witnesses inside a home Thursday night, authorities said.
Just before 11 p.m. Thursday, four men broke into a home on Ookweman Loop in Vineland, southwest of Lake Mille Lacs, with plans to rob it, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
Three men wore masks and one carried a sawed-off shotgun.
More than a dozen people were inside the home at the time of the attempted robbery and several were assaulted by the men, authorities said.
One intruder fired his weapon at least once, but no one was injured.
Several people inside the home fled into a back bedroom, barricaded the door and called 911.
As three deputies from the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office arrived at the scene, two of the four intruders were exiting the home. They were arrested.
One of the deputies entered the home and found the third intruder in a bedroom with a shotgun pointed at several people. Deputy Daniel Mott fired his weapon, fatally shooting the man after he refused to drop the shotgun. The man has been identified as Jamison Christopher Anderson, 20, of Vineland.
