POLK COUNTY, Minn. — A suspect was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer Tuesday afternoon in far northwestern Minnesota.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, East Grand Forks Police Department and Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on the residence in rural Rhinehart Township, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

The suspect, who remains unnamed in the release, exited the residence at one point but then returned inside. Officers followed, and shortly after, the suspect was shot, the release said.

The suspect was transported to the Grand Forks, N.D., hospital by ambulance. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension later reported that the suspect had died.

The sheriff’s office declined to comment about the circumstances of the shooting. An East Grand Forks police officer at the scene said that there was no continuing public safety threat.

The BCA will lead the investigation of the incident.

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