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(UPDATED-Click here to view the updated post on the shooting, including the name of the suspect)

Byron, MN (KROC AM News) - A shooting at a rural residence near Oxbow Park has left one person dead and another in jail.

Olmsted County Sheriff’s Capt. Jim Schueller says it happened just after 10:30 pm Sunday in the 5000 block of County Road 105.

 

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Schueller says the victim went outside to check a suspicious vehicle on the property when he was shot in the upper chest. The suspect then fled the scene on foot. A gun was found in a nearby structure and a short while later, the suspected shooter was located and taken into custody without incident.

Schueller says although the victim “received immediate medical care, he was pronounced deceased at the scene. “

Schueller says officers from the Rochester Police Department, Kasson Police
Department K9, Goodhue County Sheriff K9, and Minnesota State Patrol provided assistance in capturing the suspect and securing the scene.

More information is expected to be released Monday morning.

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