Death by Cop- 2024

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Jeffrey Lynn Chapman

Case # :1433

Gender : Male

Age : 57

Race : White

Date : 03/02/2024

Location : Ivory Avenue Northeast

City : St. Michael

County : Wright

State : Minnesota

Agency : Wright County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Austin Feenstra

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

Open records summary :

A Wright County deputy traffic-stopped a man who was allegedly uncooperative and exited his SUV with a knife. Police shot and killed him, then realized that he had no knife and the object they had seen was a piece of metal pipe.

Officer Feenstra was cleared for the shooting by County Attorney Brian Lutes.

Source links :

https://www.fox9.com/news/1-fatally-shot-by-wright-county-deputy-during-traffic-stop-sheriff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiM7tlYmSFA

https://www.hometownsource.com/monticello_times/police-driver-with-weapon-shot-killed-by-deputy-in-st-michael/article_13e4c33a-d8b4-11ee-b84d-5b374253632a.html

https://northwrightcounty.today/2024/03/bca-identifies-albertville-man-shot-by-wright-county-deputy/

https://www.startribune.com/wright-county-deputy-mistook-metal-pole-for-a-knife-before-killing-suspect-according-to-bca/600349615/