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BCA: Duluth Officer Responding To Domestic Call Shot At Door, Hit A Man Alone Inside

The shooting happened late Saturday at a downtown Duluth apartment on the 100 block of 1st Street.

By WCCO-TV

September 16, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — State officials are investigating a weekend police shooting in Duluth where an officer fired his gun outside an apartment and struck a domestic assault suspect who was alone inside.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) says the shooting happened late Saturday at a downtown Duluth apartment on the 100 block of 1st Street. Officers had responded to the apartment following multiple 911 calls about a domestic assault.

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One of the responding officers, Tyler Leibfried, fired his gun into the apartment door, the BCA says. One bullet went through the door and hit a man in the shoulder.

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