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(KSTP) – A man believed to have killed one person and kidnapped a pregnant woman and her four children is now in custody following a search for him Friday morning.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said 35-year-old Chad Aanerud was taken into custody at 7:15 a.m. Friday following a traffic stop in Morrison County.

Inside his vehicle were a woman and her four children, who had reportedly been abducted hours earlier. All five were found unharmed.

According to the sheriff’s office, the kidnapping is related to a fatal shooting in Maple Grove Township, east of Brainerd.

Sheriff’s deputies say they responded to a shooting in the township on Loerich Road around 1:50 a.m. Friday and discovered that 62-year-old Lyle Maske had died from a gunshot wound.

Aanerud was determined to be a suspect in Maske’s murder.

The sheriff’s office later learned that Aanerud allegedly kidnapped his 33-year-old girlfriend and her four children, ages 14 to 3.

According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), Aanerud grabbed a gun and fired a shot into the house where the five were staying, forcing them to leave with him in his vehicle.

The incident triggered an amber alert for Minnesotans to be on the lookout for Aanerud and the five who were taken.

At 7:15 a.m., Aanerud was arrested during a traffic stop in Morrison County and taken into custody. All five of his reported abductees were found unharmed in the vehicle.

The sheriff’s office says the investigation is still active and will release more information as the investigation continues.

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According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), Chad Aanerud is reportedly in custody in Morrison County.

The BCA says the kidnapped mother and children have been located and are safe.

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(KSTP) – The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has issued an amber alert for a pregnant mother and her four children after they were reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint Friday morning.

The BCA says the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in locating 33-year-old Nikkole Dobson and her four children.

According to the BCA, Dobson and her children were taken by her boyfriend, 35-year-old Chad Aanerud, from a home where they were staying in Brainerd on the 15000 block of Loerch Road.

Aanerud reportedly arrived at the home around 1:50 a.m. and fired a shotgun through the ceiling of the home, forcing Dobson and her children to leave with him.

Aanerud is believed to be driving a white 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan with license plate AEC 351. He is described as 6 feet tall, 185 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

The BCA says Aanerud is also a suspect in a fatal shooting from a separate nearby home.

Dobson is pregnant, weighs 198 pounds, is 6 feet tall, has green eyes and reddish brown hair. Her children are 14-year-old Brandon, 11-year-old Haley, 7-year-old Gracie and 3-year-old Chloe.

Anyone with information should call 911 and should not approach Aanerud if they encounter him.