Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Troy Allen Engstrom
Gender : Male
Age : 48
Race : White
Date : 09/22/2021
Location : 5200 block Pinewood Court
City : Mounds View
County : Ramsey
State : Minnesota
Agency : Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Ramsey County Deputy Donald Rindal
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 09/22/2021, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office responded to a call for a felony domestic assault. Troy Allen Engstrom, who was the man identified, shot at pursuing officers, hitting one officer's vehicle just above the driver's side windshield and a Ramsey County deputy's vehicle just below the driver's side windshield. Ramsey County Deputy Donald Rindal rammed Engstrom with his car, killing him.
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 1 fatality
Last Update: 12/26/2024
SOURCE LINKS :
• https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/09/29/man-killed-by-police-vehicle-had-history-of-mental-illness
• https://www.mncrime.com/latest/rcso-deputys-use-of-force-ruled-justified-in-mounds-view-suspects-death
• https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/man-fatally-struck-by-squad-car-in-mounds-view-ramsey-co-deputy-identified/89-6687befc-7bfa-41e5-9470-937910cb6570
• https://www.startribune.com/ramsey-county-deputy-cleared-after-fatally-running-over-mounds-view-man-who-fired-at-squads/600154474
• https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/mn-deputy-who-fatally-rammed-man-who-shot-at-police-wont-be-charged
• https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/prosecutors-deputy-justified-in-fatally-hitting-armed-man-in-mounds-view/
• https://www.fox9.com/news/man-who-died-after-being-hit-by-squad-car-in-mounds-view-identified
• https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mounds-view-suspect-deputy-identified/
• https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/man-deputy-involved-in-fatal-mounds-view-incident-are-identified
• https://www.fox9.com/news/deputys-use-of-squad-to-strike-kill-armed-man-in-mounds-view-justified-couny-attorney-says
• https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/prosecutor-finds-ramsey-co-deputy-justified-fatally-hitting-armed-man-with-squad-car-moundsview/89-aa59ff16-47eb-40e2-bf1e-72e5450c535c
• https://www.inforum.com/news/video-shows-armed-man-hit-killed-by-ramsey-county-squad-car
