Rural Austin man’s death a suicide
Published 9:48 am Thursday, December 12, 2019
- The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was on scene Wednesday morning assisting in the investigation of a fatal shooting that took place at an apartment building at 24271 540th Ave. late Tuesday evening. - Eric Johnson/Albert Lea Tribune
Firearm used was found underneath man’s body
By Mike Stoll, Austin Daily Herald
AUSTIN — The death of a 41-year-old rural Austin man who died during a Tuesday night domestic situation has been ruled a suicide.
According to Mower County Chief Deputy Mark May, Mower County deputies and Austin police officers responded to a domestic assault situation at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex in the 24000 block of 540th Avenue in rural Austin. A resident at the apartment said that a firearm was brandished during the assault.
The man, whose identity has not been released, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, May said. He was dead by the time law enforcement arrived.
Law enforcement found the firearm under the man’s body.
