NORTH BRANCH, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the two officers who were involved in shooting and killing a woman in North Branch in late June.
According to the BCA, officer Duane Southworth fatally shot 36-year-old Jamie Crabtree with his department rifle on June 27.
Southworth, who has two years of law enforcement experience, was accompanied by officer Kyle Miller, who shot pepperball rounds at Crabtree.
The North Branch Police Department said its officers were responding to a call about an allegedly armed, intoxicated and suicidal woman around 9:20 p.m. near Third Avenue and Elm Street in North Branch, according to the department's original news release posted on Facebook.
The officers ordered Crabtree to drop the gun, an order she did not acknowledge, according to the BCA.
Miller fired the non-lethal pepperball rounds and according to the BCA, "Crabtree can be seen on squad car camera appearing to point an object at officers,"
According to the BCA, that was when Southworth shot Crabtree multiple times. Crabtree later died at Lakes Region Emergency Medical Services.
BCA personnel recovered a handgun, gun case and rifle cartridge casings from the scene, according to the release.
Portions of the incident were captured on body-worn cameras and squad cameras, said the BCA.
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