Overview
- State investigators identified the deputies who fired their weapons as Kaleb Cherne, with three years of experience, and David Donner, with six years, and said both are on critical incident leave.
- The Ramsey County Medical Examiner identified the deceased as 37-year-old James Weyaus.
- Deputies were responding to a shots-fired call near the 8400 block of Old Agency Trail Northwest when they encountered Weyaus walking on County Road 13.
- The BCA reports that Cherne pursued Weyaus on foot, exchanged gunfire with him, and was shot in the leg before being flown to a hospital and later released.
- According to the BCA, Donner arrived during the chase and fatally shot Weyaus, and investigators recovered a 9mm handgun, a holster, and multiple shell casings as body cameras recorded portions of the encounter.