Eddie Markeith Frazier after his arrest in Bloomington in 2017. Case file photo
A deputy superintendent of the state crime bureau, who is in charge of use-of-force investigations, faces a complaint that he lied about his own use of force when he shot an unarmed man while apprehending him.
The incident happened in 2017, when police were looking for Eddie Markeith Frazier in connection with the murder of a woman found dead in a bathtub in her downtown Crookston apartment.
Scott Mueller, a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension deputy superintendent, shot Frazier after he was spotted in his vehicle about a mile west of the Mall of America in Bloomington, according to a Forum News story. Mueller is one of three deputy superintendents at the BCA and as of 2020, heads up investigatory services, including deadly use-of-force investigations.
BCA Deputy Superintendent Scott Mueller
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department said when officers approached Frazier’s vehicle, “shots were fired” and he fled on foot; a six-hour manhunt ensued. The BCA said at the time one of its agents had discharged his weapon and that Frazier “was transported to an area hospital after he was taken into custody.” The statement didn’t say whether Frazier had been shot.