A man is dead after being shot by law enforcement in southern Minnesota Tuesday night, and a woman was found dead when sheriff’s deputies arrived at a residence to investigate a domestic disturbance.
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said agents and crime personnel were at a residence in the 21000 block of 880th Avenue near Albert Lea to learn what happened just after 7:10 p.m.
Deputies from the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office went to the residence after getting a call about a domestic disturbance involving firearms. They learned a man had left in a vehicle.
A short time later, authorities in neighboring Mower County spotted the man in a vehicle and a pursuit began. The man drove back to the residence and got out of the vehicle. That is when law enforcement fired, according to a statement from the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office.
The man was wounded. Care was provided at the scene but the man was pronounced dead, the Sheriff’s Office statement said.
While searching the property, law enforcement found a woman’s body near the home. She was believed to have died before law enforcement arrived.
Some portions of the incident were captured on body cameras worn by law enforcement, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Officers and deputies involved have been placed on leave, a standard procedure in a shooting involving law enforcement.
