Authorities say Carver County deputies fatally shot a reportedly suicidal 16-year-old boy Friday morning at his family’s home in Chanhassen.
According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, deputies responded to a home in the 6400 block of Oriole Avenue after receiving a 911 call from a woman reporting that her son was suicidal and threatening her with knives and a baseball bat.
The BCA said deputies arrived and encountered the teen, and a deputy deployed a stun gun. But two deputies later fired their weapons, hitting the teen, who was declared dead at the scene. The agency didn’t provide any other details about the fatal encounter.
One deputy was treated and released at a Chaska hospital after being injured during the incident.
The BCA, which is investigating the shooting, said officer body cameras and squad car dashboard cameras may have recorded portions of the incident.
According to the Associated Press, distraught relatives were openly crying in the driveway of the home but declined to speak publicly about the incident. People coming and going from the home said they were friends and classmates of the teen but declined to comment until the family had decided to do so.
However, KSTP-TV, citing a family friend, identified the teen as Archer Amorosi, a student at Minnetonka High School.
School district officials declined to comment until they had more information from authorities.
Multiple law enforcement agencies were at the home, which is in a wooded area along busy Minnesota 7 just south of Lake Minnetonka in the western suburbs of Minneapolis.
The BCA said it would identify the deputies who fired their weapons once both officers have been interviewed. They were both placed on standard administrative leave.
The agency also said the teen would be officially identified by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office once an autopsy has been completed.
The investigation’s findings will ultimately be turned over to the Carver County attorney’s office for review.
The Chanhassen incident is the second recent officer-involved shooting death in the Twin Cities.
Thurman Blevins Jr., 31, was killed June 23 after Minneapolis police officers responded to a 911 call of a man shooting a gun into the air and ground.
Authorities said two Minneapolis officers fired their guns after chasing Blevins into an alley on the city’s north side. They said a gun was recovered at the scene, but some community members have disputed that Blevins was armed.
The BCA is also handling that case.
On Thursday night, a community meeting to discuss Blevins’ shooting ended abruptly after his family angrily questioned why the meeting was being held and objected to the presence of the BCA.
BCA Superintendent Drew Evans was scheduled to speak at the meeting about how his agency investigates shootings involving officers, and he planned to review details about Blevins’ death that have been made public. But as he began speaking, some of Blevins’ family members became angry and said they were never consulted.
Evans eventually left as the meeting turned into a shouting match.
This report includes information from the Associated Press.