The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension provided a recap of the incident:
A Burnsville police officer attempted to pull over a truck at approximately 2:44 p.m., Sunday for having a stolen plate. A short time later the truck crashed into another vehicle at South Cross Drive and Buck Hill Road. The truck continued before becoming disabled at South Cross Drive and Burnhaven Drive. The truckâs driver, now identified as Olsen, fled the scene. He entered a restaurant on Buck Hill Road, snatched a customerâs keys from their table and fled in their vehicle.Â
Officer spotted the stolen vehicle heading north on 35W and a pursuit began. During the pursuit, Olsen shot at pursing officers several times.Â
Wisconsin man exchanged gunfire with officers
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Nick Ferraro / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 7:58 pm, Apr. 21, 2021 ×
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. Sunday was not the first time Bradley Michael Olsen of Dresser, Wis., exchanged gunfire with police or tried fleeing arrest, police say. He was most recently jailed for doing so just five months earlier.
Investigators on Wednesday, April 21, identified the alleged carjacker caught on Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras trying to take over a vehicle at gunpoint and then fatally shot by Burnsville officers as the 30-year-old Olsen. It was in November that Olsen was jailed after exchanging gunfire with an Anoka County sheriff’s deputy after a pursuit with several law enforcement agencies then.
BCA identifies 4 police officers involved in fatal shooting in Burnsville
Two officers fired handguns and two others shot rifles.
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MnDOT
Four officers from the Burnsville Police Department fired their weapons in a fatal shooting of a Wisconsin man on Sunday, April 18.
The victim, 30-year-old Bradley Michael Olsen, of Dresser, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and died after being transported to Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis.
The four officers who fired their weapons have been identified by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Two officers fired handguns and two others shot rifles.
Sgt. Dan Anderson, a 22-year veteran, fired his handgun.
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