A woman was jailed Tuesday on suspicion that she killed a man whose body was found the night before by sheriff’s deputies in her home near Prior Lake, officials said.
A welfare check request sent deputies shortly after 10:20 p.m. Monday to the home about 6 miles south of Prior Lake in Credit River Township in the 6800 block of Century Lane, where a 45-year-old man was located dead inside, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office said. The man’s identity has yet to be released.
“This is a tragic incident, and our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim,” Sheriff Luke Hennen said in a statement announcing the woman’s arrest.
The woman was arrested without incident and booked shortly after 6:30 a.m. on suspicion of second-degree murder and various assault counts.
County Attorney Ron Hocevar said charges would not be filed until Wednesday at the earliest. The Star Tribune generally does not identify suspects before they are charged.
The Sheriff’s Office did not explain how the man was killed. However, the jail log also shows that the woman is suspected of counts involving reckless discharge of a firearm and endangering a child with a firearm. Emergency dispatch audio disclosed that medics were sent to the home to treat a gunshot victim.
The woman is the mother of sons ages 16 and 14, according to court records. Hennen told the Star Tribune that the man was the only person in the home who was physically harmed.
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