Two people are dead, including a suspect fatally shot by law enforcement, and a third person was taken to a regional trauma center after gunfire at a home near the 12000 block of Stacy Trail in Lindstrom, Minnesota, on Saturday morning, November 14, the Chisago County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies began receiving multiple 911 calls at about 11 a.m. reporting shots fired at the residence, and the sheriff's office later confirmed there was no longer a threat to the public.
Source: Twin Cities Local News / Chisago County Sheriff's Office
Chisago County Sheriff's Office Captain Dereck Anklan confirmed the suspect's death in a Saturday briefing, saying responding deputies and officers from other agencies encountered the suspected shooter and law enforcement fatally shot the suspect. Anklan said the situation had been contained and residents were no longer in danger; by about 1:20 p.m. the sheriff's office was reporting the scene stabilized and the suspect deceased.
Source: Twin Cities Local News / Chisago County Sheriff's Office
What Happened on Stacy Trail
The response drew deputies and officers from multiple neighbouring agencies to the residential Stacy Trail area, with a staging point reported at Stacy Trail and Lincoln Road. Investigators stayed on site processing the residence and asked residents and media to stay clear while the inquiry continued, the sheriff's office said. All law enforcement personnel who responded were reported safe and accounted for.
Source: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul via Chisago County Sheriff's Office
Officials said there were two additional people involved besides the suspect: one is deceased and one was transported to a regional trauma center. Authorities have not released the identities of the people who died, have not released the hospitalized person's condition, and have not explained the relationship between the people involved or what may have triggered the initial gunfire.
Source: Twin Cities Local News / Chisago County Sheriff's Office
No motive, no identities, no account yet of how the second person died, and no identification of which agency's officer fired the fatal shot at the suspect. Those points remain under investigation, and this report does not speculate on them.
State Investigators Take Over the Police Shooting
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has been called in to investigate the officer-involved shooting. The BCA is Minnesota's state investigative agency, and in officer use-of-deadly-force cases it independently examines the circumstances, the evidence at the scene and the sequence of the confrontation. Reporting from Bring Me The News, cited in follow-up coverage, indicated officers had body-worn cameras activated during the incident; the BCA review would normally include any such recordings.
Source: Twin Cities Local News / Chisago County Sheriff's Office
Lindstrom is a small lakes-area city in Chisago County in east-central Minnesota, northeast of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro. Stacy Trail is a residential road in that community, and a Saturday-morning active-shooter response there brought a large multi-agency presence into a quiet neighbourhood before officials declared the threat over early Saturday afternoon.
Source: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul via Chisago County Sheriff's Office
What Happens Next
The sheriff's office said further information will be released as the investigation progresses. In Minnesota, the BCA's findings in a deadly-force case are ordinarily forwarded to the county attorney, who reviews whether the officer's use of force was legally justified. Identifications of the people who died are ordinarily released only after family notification. No charges, court dates or funeral details had been announced as of early Sunday, November 15.
Source: Twin Cities Local News / Chisago County Sheriff's Office
For residents, the practical guidance from Saturday still stands: there is no continuing threat, but the Stacy Trail scene remained an active investigation site and people were asked to stay away while investigators processed evidence. Anyone with information about the shooting was directed to the Chisago County Sheriff's Office.
Source: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul via Chisago County Sheriff's Office
What is solid
- 911 calls began about 11 a.m. Saturday, November 14, for shots fired near the 12000 block of Stacy Trail, Lindstrom (Chisago County Sheriff's Office)
- The suspect was fatally shot by law enforcement and is deceased; one other person is deceased and one was taken to a regional trauma center
- No officers were injured and there is no longer a threat to the public
- The Minnesota BCA is investigating the officer-involved shooting
What is only claimed
- Early dispatch-radio summaries described a barricaded suspect and victims outside the home; those radio details have not been confirmed in the sheriff's office briefing and are not treated here as established fact
- The motive, the identities and how the second person died have not been released by officials