REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — An Edina man, 27, is accused of attempted murder after his rifle jammed in an alleged police ambush, charges say.
According to the criminal complaint, the man is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and possessing metal penetrating bullets.
During the night of Aug. 28, Redwood County Dispatch received a report of a suicide victim in Ramsey Park, located in Redwood Falls, according to the court document. The caller didn’t provide any further details and hung up.
The same number then called Redwood County’s non-emergency line. The complaint says that dispatch answered the phone, but there was no response from the caller. The phone was tracked on a walking bridge near the Redwood Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Responding officers found a Mazda registered to the 27-year-old parked near a shelter at the park. Police found camping supplies, water, a Bible, a crucifix, Narcan and notebooks inside the vehicle.