BCA: 4 officers fired guns in shootout that killed man
April 23, 2020 4:54AM CDT
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says four law officers fired their guns in a shootout that killed a robbery suspect as he tried to escape in a raft on the Minnesota River near Mankato.
The BCA says two officers are with the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office, one is a Nicollet County sheriff’s deputy and one is a North Mankato police officer.
The man who died was earlier identified as 24-year-old Austin Dean Heights, who had no permanent address. Heights died of multiple gunshot wounds.
The BCA says Heights robbed a gas station Saturday and fled in a raft while exchanging gunfire with officers. He was shot as he tried to get out of the raft. Two guns were found at the scene.
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