The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has identified five police officers who fired their weapons at the end of a four-hour standoff in Eagan, killing a 23-year-old Columbia Heights man who authorities say threatened a woman with a handgun.
The BCA's preliminary report, released Saturday, said a driver called 911 from the area of Hwy. 13 and Burgundy Drive at 6 p.m. on July 2 to report that a man had pointed a handgun at her and threatened her.
Just before officers arrived, the man, later identified as Isak Abdirahman Aden, had jumped out of the vehicle. They saw him running into the woods near Hwy. 13 and Silver Bell Road.
Meanwhile, the woman who had called 911 also had fled from her vehicle and hidden from Aden, the BCA said.
Officers pursued Aden to a parking lot next to a business on Seneca Road. For almost four hours, they negotiated with Aden to try to get him to drop the firearm and surrender, the BCA said.
The agency did not say exactly what happened before five officers fired at Aden. He was taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died.
A handgun and a cartridge casing were found next to Aden, the BCA said.
As part of its investigation, the BCA will examine body and squad-car video of the incident. It will present its findings to the Dakota County Attorney's Office, which will decide if any charges should be filed against the officers involved.
