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Scott Adam Jenkins

Age : 59

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 09/06/2024

Location : Interstate 90 near St. Charles

City : Winona

County : Winona

State : Minnesota

Agency : Eau Claire Police Department, Winona Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 09/06/2024, shortly after 8 p.m., Scott Adam Jenkins, 59, of Rochester died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after Winona police located and stopped him on Interstate 90 near St. Charles.
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Eau Claire Police Department investigators had identified Jenkins as the primary suspect in the shooting death of his sister, Michelle Jenkins. Michelle Jenkins had been found dead from multiple gunshot wounds at her Eau Claire residence during a welfare check on 08/29/2024. Police alleged that surveillance and license-plate-reader evidence placed Scott Jenkins's vehicle at his sister's residence on the day she was killed.
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Eau Claire police distributed information about Jenkins to law-enforcement agencies in southeastern Minnesota and requested that officers locate, stop and detain him. Police advised agencies that Jenkins was believed to possess a handgun and should be considered armed.
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At approximately 8 p.m. on 09/06/2024, a Winona police officer spotted Jenkins's white Nissan Altima on Highway 43 in Winona. The officer followed Jenkins north through Winona and onto Interstate 90 while communicating with dispatch and confirming the information supplied by Eau Claire police.
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The officer continued following Jenkins west on Interstate 90 for approximately 18 miles toward St. Charles. Near St. Charles, police activated emergency equipment and Jenkins pulled his vehicle over.
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Officers remained outside the Nissan and issued commands over a loudspeaker directing Jenkins to exit the vehicle. Jenkins did not respond or leave the car.
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Officers eventually approached the vehicle and found Jenkins slumped over in the driver's seat with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead. Police recovered a handgun from inside the vehicle.
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The Winona County Sheriff's Office, St. Charles Police Department and Minnesota State Patrol assisted Winona police during the incident. Eau Claire police continued their investigation into Michelle Jenkins's killing after Scott Jenkins's death.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
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The Winona Police Department did not publicly identify the officer who located, followed and stopped Jenkins before his death.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox9.com/news/scott-adam-jenkins-standoff-suicide-minnesota
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/standoff-suicide-scott-adam-jenkins/89-98765abcd
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/standoff-on-i90-winona-ends-in-suicide/
https://winonaradio.com/2024/09/07/murder-suspect-stopped-by-winona-pd-commits-suicide/
https://www.winonajournal.com/fugitive-in-murder-case-kills-self-outside-winona/
https://www.winonajournal.com/on-i-90-near-winona-how-murder-case-down/
https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/rochester-man-dies-from-apparent-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-after-being-accused-of-killing-sister