BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Investigators from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) are on the scene after a police officer shot and killed a man in Burnsville late Monday.
Burnsville Police squads were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 1600 block of Cliff Road East just before 8:30 p.m. on reports of a man who was threatening suicide.
Officers were informed the man left the apartment building with a gun.
The State Patrol helicopter was called in, and just over an hour later heat sensors spotted somebody in a wooded area near the apartment complex.
Officers approached the man, who they say was in possession of a weapon. It is unclear what unfolded, but police say a Burnsville officer shot and killed the person.
Police were wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting, as the Burnsville department was one of the first in Minnesota to make wearing body cameras part of their daily routine.
The BCA is handling the investigation, which is common in the case of officer-involved shootings.