Two Hennepin County deputies injured while serving warrant, suspect is dead

By WDIO
Two Hennepin County deputies shot while serving warrant in Minnetonka. (KSTP)

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department have confirmed two deputies were shot while executing a warrant in Minnetonka on Wednesday morning. According to the Hennepin County Sheriff, both deputies are expected to survive. Authorities say the deputies were serving a warrant at 11:18 a.m. when the shooting occurred.

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt confirmed the armed suspect died at the scene. That person hasn’t yet been publicly identified.

Officials say the deputies were looking for a person wanted on a felony warrant at the home. One of the deputies is an eight-year veteran, the other is a 21-year veteran.

According to a press release from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, the two HCSO deputies sustained non-life-threatening injuries. One deputy was transported to the hospital for treatment and the other was treated and released at the scene.

Just before noon, the Minnetonka Police Department posted on X, that they were ‘aware of an incident’ and that officers were on scene. They asked the public to avoid the area and a short time later they declared a shelter in place.

Minnetonka Police then posted on X ‘Gunfire was exchanged at a residence in the 13400 block of Crestwood Drive East.’

Multiple agencies responded, and as of 2:00 PM authorities say the scene is considered active but contained and there is no threat to the general public at this time.

Minnetonka Police Chief Scott Boerboom provided a brief update to Hubbard Broadcasting’s KSTP, saying the sheriff’s office would provide aditional information later, however, he did discuss his reaction to hearing about officers shot.

“It’s hard to describe but … police officers, in the moment, they respond because they know they have a job to do,” Boerboom said. “And now we’ll go back and, to your point, that’s when we start to think about what just happened and it’s hard. Ask our officers, it is very difficult and you’ve seen what’s happened here in the last few weeks and it’s very difficult but we also know we have a job to do and when we take care of this scene here we will go back and we will have those conversations with our officers, make sure they’re all in a good place because it is concerning.”

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident.