BCA identifies officers involved in fatal use of force incident in Belle Plaine

BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the officers who fatally shot a Belle Plaine man wanted in connection with a St. Paul homicide.

What we know

According to the BCA, two St. Paul Police Department officers discharged their firearms during Thursday’s incident, and both are on standard critical incident leave.

The agents were identified as follows:

• Officer Aaron Bohlen, who has been in law enforcement for 10 years.

• Officer Lane Christianson, who has been in law enforcement for 20 years.

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The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the slain man as Seantrell Tyresse Murdock, 29, who died of multiple gunshot wounds.

The BCA says St. Paul officers located Murdock, who was a suspect in the murder of a St. Paul artist, at a home where he was staying in the 100 block of Meridian Street.

Investigators approached Murdock near the intersection of South Chestnut and East Prairie streets, and the BCA says that “at some point” during the confrontation, both officers fired their weapons, hitting Murdock.

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Medical aid was provided to Murdock, who later died at the hospital, authorities said.

The BCA recovered a handgun in the area where Murdock was shot.

The BCA will continue to investigate the use of force incident and will provide its findings without recommendation of charges to the Scott County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

What we don’t know

The BCA did not say what happened during the confrontation between Murdock and the officers, or what led the officers to shoot him.