Domestic abuse suspect shot, killed, following standoff in Duluth
After a 20-hour standoff and the shooting death of a Duluth Police K-9, police moved in on the armed suspect. Written By: Peter Passi | Andee Erickson | Adelle Whitefoot | 6:34 pm, Feb. 26, 2021 ×
Law enforcement officers walk away from a residence where shots were fired Friday ending a standoff on the 2300 block of West Fourth Street in Duluth. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
DULUTH The suspect in an armed standoff that lasted for nearly 24 hours in Duluth died at the scene Friday, Feb. 26, according to a tweet from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension at about 6 p.m. No officers were injured, by K-9 Luna was killed in the incident.
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Armed Suspect who Killed K-9 Luna Dies After 20-Hour Standoff with Police
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has taken over investigation of this incident.
February 26, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.– After holding Duluth police in a standoff since Thursday night, the suspect who shot and killed police K-9 Luna is dead tonight, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Law enforcement officials were still on scene hours after the incident ended at the 2300 block of West 4th Street in Duluth, where a standoff lasted over 20 hours around a west Duluth home.
Duluth police had been surrounding a Lincoln Park home since 8:30 Thursday night. The DPD learned the suspect had multiple felony warrants, but he refused to surrender to police.
Feb 27, 2021
DULUTH (AP) A man who refused to surrender to Duluth police during a roughly 20-hour standoff is dead after shots were fired, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said.
In a tweet at about 6 p.m., the BCA called the incident an officer-involved shooting and said the man, who had earlier shot and killed a police dog, was dead. But the BCA did not specify whether the man had actually been hit by law enforcement gunfire.
The standoff began at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday after police responded to a report of a physical domestic assault. Duluth Police Department spokeswoman Ingrid Hornibrook said officers were warned that a man inside had felony warrants and was refusing to surrender. Officers were able to get a woman out to safety.