Southern Minnesota officer fatally shoots armed person
[KSTP/File]
OLIVIA, Minn. (AP) – Authorities say a police officer in southern Minnesota shot and killed a person after an early-morning altercation.
Officials in the town of Olivia say the shooting occurred after an an armed person confronted an off-duty officer in an alley about 2:20 a.m. Sunday.
The person was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Officials say the officer has been placed on administrative leave.
No further information was immediately available.
Olivia is located about 100 miles west of the Twin Cities.