CLARKFIELD, Minn. — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal (BCA) is investigating an incident in Yellow Medicine County after a suspect shot at law enforcement on Saturday night.
According to information from the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff, the office got a call around 3:15 p.m. for a welfare check on a person in Clarkfield, a city around 2 and 1/2 hours west of Minneapolis. Deputies learned the person had left the city while en route to the call and were told he was in a farm field with a rifle.
As deputies were evacuating people from the home next to the field, officials said the suspect pointed the rifle at them and then fled into the home. Officials said officers set up a perimeter around the house and deputies tried to contact the man.
Officers were not able to convince the man to leave the house and called a SWAT team as backup. The Kandiyohi-Meeker-Willmar SWAT team arrived and they tried to convince the man to leave the house. During the standoff, officials said the man fired a long gun at the team and SWAT returned fire.
The man was struck in the leg, officials said.
After eight hours on site, the SWAT team was relieved by another crew from West Central SWAT and BLR SWAT.
Around 6:15 on Sunday morning, the man left the house and shot a long gun at the SWAT team. One of the team returned fire and struck him.
The extent of the man's injuries has not been released as of Sunday afternoon, but officials said the team gave the man medical attention and was taken to Hennepin Healthcare via Air Ambulance. He is in stable condition, according to officials.
No other people were injured in this incident, officials said.
The BCA was asked to investigate the use of force by officers.
KARE 11 will update this story as more information is made available.
