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POLK COUNTY, Minn. — A suspect was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at a Rhinehart Township residence.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office, East Grand Forks Police Department and Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on the residence, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.

The suspect, who remains unnamed in the release, exited the residence at one point but then returned inside. Officers followed, and shortly after, the suspect was shot, the release said.

The suspect was transported to Altru Hospital by ambulance. An Altru spokesman told the Herald they would not release information about the patient's condition, and deferred to law enforcement.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shared on social media that the suspect died from the shooting.

"More information to come once our preliminary investigation is complete," the agency posted.

Both the BCA and sheriff's office will be investigating the incident.

The Herald reached out to the sheriff's office, but the agency declined to comment further than the information shared in its early afternoon news release.

"I can assure you that it's a safe scene," East Grand Forks Police Officer Justin Roue told the Herald on the scene around 2 p.m. "At this point, it's just an investigation."

Roue said he'd been sent shortly after noon to enforce a perimeter at the intersection of 190th Street Southwest and 445th Avenue Southwest.

A residence at 19115 445th Ave. SW was blocked off with yellow tape.

Law enforcement from the BCA, sheriff's office and police department were still on scene nearing 4 p.m. Tuesday, when a school bus arrived to drop off some neighborhood children.

Officers were allowing residents and law enforcement to pass through the affected block, but media was not permitted to enter.