Coon Rapids police shoot armed man pacing through neighborhood He was determined to have a violent confrontation, Coon Rapids Police Chief Brad Wise said. The man was hospitalized, and his condition is unknown. Author: KARE 11 Staff Updated: 9:53 AM CDT March 16, 2021
COON RAPIDS, Minn. The Coon Rapids police chief confirms his officers shot an armed man after a confrontation in a residential neighborhood on Monday afternoon.
The man was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital, where his condition is unknown but police did say he was in stable condition before being transported. No officers were injured during the confrontation.
Police Chief Brad Wise said officers were responding to a 911 call about a suicidal man at a home in Coon Rapids. Wise said the man came out of the home armed as officers were trying to negotiate with him.