This morning at about 8:30, Rice County Deputies were dispatched to the area of 30th Street and Hazelwood Avenue in Webster Township on a 911 hang up call. In a press release, Sgt. Justin Hunt reports that while responding to the call, Scott County Deputies located a vehicle parked at 3050 Hazelwood Avenue that was being sought by Washington County in a gun pointing incident. Deputies set up a perimeter and began searching for the 33 year old male suspect associated with the vehicle. The suspect was spotted about 30 minutes later by a Deputy
and fled to a wood line where he was taken into custody without incident. Rice County Deputies used drones to assist in the search. It is unknown at this time if the 911 call was related to the incident. Agencies involved in the search included, Deputies from Rice, Scott and Dakota Counties, Minnesota State Patrol and DNR, Agents from the Cannon River Drug and Violent Offender Task force and a Farmington PD K9 Handler. Media Release05262020- AOA
