Authorities have identified the Cass County sheriff's deputy involved in a fatal shooting in Backus, Minn.
Deputy Mike Germain, a seven-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, has been placed on standard administrative leave, according to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Germain fatally shot a man approaching with a gun outside a lakeside home where another man was found dead inside.
Deputies directed "multiple commands" toward 57-year-old Keith P. Haux before Germain shot and killed him, the BCA said. Haux was killed soon after he fatally shot his neighbor, 72-year-old Maynard L. Anderson, early Sunday afternoon in the victim's home along Pine Mountain Lake, the BCA said.
Anderson's 70-year-old wife, Carol, hid in a closet during the encounter and called 911, according to son Daniel Anderson.
The BCA is still investigating.
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