Crime & Safety
State Patrol: Semi Driver Fatally Shoots Self In Front Of Troopers In Rochester
Three Minnesota State Patrol troopers stopped the semi for a vehicle inspection around 6:45 a.m. outside the Miracle Mile shopping center.
May 6, 2021
Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a semi-trailer driver Wednesday in a Rochester shopping center parking lot.
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Three Minnesota State Patrol troopers stopped the semi for a vehicle inspection around 6:45 a.m. outside the Miracle Mile shopping center, officials said. At 8:30 a.m., after troopers attempted to detain the trucker for failing to show identification, the driver took out a gun and fired two rounds to the head, according to the patrol.
The driver was taken to a Rochester hospital and was later pronounced dead, the patrol said.
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