Month: January 2024

The Crookston Gun Club will be hosting a Minnesota permit to carry a firearm course and a Minnesota permit to carry a firearm renewal course on Sunday, January 28 at 8:00 am at the Golden Link Senior Center in Crookston, followed by a live fire qualification course.  The cost for the Minnesota permit to carry course and renewal course is $100.00 per person.  Class size is limited.  Please contact Darin Selzler at 218-289-2825 or email warriorfirearmstraining@hotmail.com to register.   

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The University of North Dakota Forensic Pathology Center has confirmed the identity of a man police shot and killed on Jan. 9 while officers were attempting to serve a warrant in Polk County. Lucas Paul Gilbertson, 42, of rural East Grand Forks, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the forensic pathologist.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the officer who shot Gilbertson. According to the East Grand Forks police chief, the officer is a member of the Pine-to-Prairie Drug Task Force and works in an undercover capacity. The BCA is not releasing the officer’s name in accordance with Minnesota Statute 13.82, subdivision 17 (a).

• The officer deployed his Taser and fired his department handgun. He is on standard administrative leave.

According to the preliminary investigation, members of the Pine-to-Prairie Drug Task Force learned on January 9 that Gilbertson, who was wanted on a warrant, was at a home in East Grand Forks. Just before noon, they went to the home to arrest him. The task force members surrounded the home to stop Gilbertson from escaping and at one point, the undercover East Grand Forks police officer entered the home and encountered Gilbertson. During that encounter, the officer deployed his Taser and fired his handgun at Gilbertson multiple times, striking him. Also during the encounter, Gilbertson broke a window and threw a handgun out of the home. Officers provided emergency care to Gilbertson until he could be taken to the hospital, where he later died. No one else was injured during this incident. BCA agents continue to investigate exactly how the incident inside the home unfolded.

Crime scene personnel found a handgun on the ground near the home. There is body-worn and squad camera video from this incident, but not of the shooting itself. The officer who used force was not wearing a body camera. BCA agents are reviewing all available video as part of their active investigation.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office asked the BCA to investigate this incident. Once the investigation is complete, the BCA will present its findings without a charging recommendation to the Polk County Attorney’s Office for review. 

BCA UPDATE:
UND Forensic Pathology has identified the man police killed in a force incident yesterday in Polk County.   Lucas Paul Gilbertson, 42, of rural East Grand Forks died after being shot.  MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension continue to actively investigate this incident.

ORIGINAL STORY

On 1-9-2024 the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, East Grand Forks Police Department, and the Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force executed an arrest warrant at a residence in Rhinehart Township.  At one point, the suspect exited the residence and returned into the residence, followed by officers.  Shortly after the suspect returned into the residence, there was an officer-involved shooting.

The suspect was transported by Ambulance to Altru Hospital and their condition is unknown at this time.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was contacted and will investigate the Officer-involved shooting along with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

This is an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the public.

No more information will be released at this time.

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The Preschool addition at Highland Elementary School has seen progress through the winter thus far.

The project was initially scheduled to be finished on January 1 this year. However, a plumbing permit was needed to continue operations in October, which delayed the process ten weeks. There is a possibility the building will be completed by late February. “They finished up the parking lot in the fall, which was very helpful,” said Highland Elementary School Principal Chris Trostad, “For our students’ drop-off and pick-up. That has been helpful for us.”

Other portions of completion with the preschool addition include the earthwork, the assembly of the building, a finished roof, windows, doors, and steel siding to the exterior of the building. “On the inside right now, they are hanging sheetrock,” said Trostad, “They going to start taping and texturing, then they’ll paint, and once they’re done with that, they will work on flooring and probably end up installing cabinets, doors, things like that.”

Along with the preschool addition, Highland School will install an additional parking lot for teachers and parents and a continued road path where parents can have an extended area for pick up and drop off. “One nice thing is we’ve increased the distance of the parent drop-off zone,” said Trostad, “There’s going to be two lanes going through there, so parents will be able to go right in by the playground in front of the school and be able to exit where they drop off. This will add a lot of extra parking, and we’re bringing over Washington staff, so we’ll need more parking.” Another addition to the building will include a new elevator, which will lead to an activity area for pre-K and kindergarten students.

This project is being funded through leftover Covid grant funding. The total project cost has racked up to approximately $4 million. This project has not included tax dollars from citizens or city funding.

Trostad also spoke highly of the crew working on the preschool addition. With the plumbing permit mishap, he believes the construction crew has worked hard and made up time from the ten-week delay.

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