The suspect was prohibited from possessing firearms as the result of a 2008 2nd-degree felony assault with a deadly weapon conviction, according to court documents.
Moose Lake, 40 minutes southwest of Duluth, is the latest in a string of small Minnesota towns struggling to keep up with public safety demands amid increasing costs and a shortage of officers throughout the state.
Col. Matt Langer made the announcement on Wednesday that he will be leaving the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to serve as Director of Global Policing for the IACP.
The prosecuting attorney said Smith intended to retaliate against police for seizing guns from his home in 2019. That followed an incident in which River William Smith, at age 17, fired a rifle indoors and indirectly injured his grandmother.