GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — A drug enforcement officer was struck by a bullet Monday while he and other officers were executing a search warrant at a Granite Falls residence in southwestern Minnesota.
The officer was treated and released from the Granite Falls hospital, according to a news release from the Granite Falls Police Department.
According to the release, officers from the CEE-VI Drug and Gang Task Force, the Granite Falls Police Department, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office and the Upper Sioux Community Police Department executed a knock-and-announce search warrant just after 4 p.m. at a residence on Bergeson Drive in Granite Falls.
The suspect was wanted for multiple felony warrants on weapons and drug charges. Upon entry into the residence, officers immediately took gunfire from someone inside. Officers returned fire and retreated outside, where a single officer said he had been struck by a bullet.
That officer was transported to the Granite Falls hospital while other officers secured the scene. After a 70-minute standoff, the suspect surrendered to officers and was taken into custody without further incident. The suspect is currently being held in the Yellow Medicine County jail pending charges.
The Granite Falls Police Department has asked the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the officers’ use of force.
