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Minnesota policeman ambushed by suicidal man
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Deadly shooting takes 34-year-old officer’s life
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- Date Dec 1, 2012
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It's the kind of call they can go so terribly wrong.
A welfare check last night on a suicidal man who lived above winners bar on main street for officer Tom Decker it would be his final call.
-- officer -- left his squad car.
In a very short time later was confronted by -- armed individual.
Shot twice and died from a preliminary investigation it's it's no guarantees that the option wasn't.
-- An ambush allegedly at the hands at 34 year old Ryan Larson after an extensive manhunt last night police found -- right back at his apartment.
In his mug shot he hardly looks like a man who just kill the -- Police scoured the scene today under porches and in fields looking for any scrap of evidence but dived she went into the -- river.
Apparently searching for the murder weapon.
The sawed off shotgun.
-- -- and his partner first showed up around 9 o'clock last night but there was no sign of Larson.
That come back an hour and a half later and that's -- officer Decker which shots in between that time they have the call her run away right down there that yellow house.
-- -- in his cup is very professional I mean in light years but I mean because the girl that you acts terrible that happens in -- Small town you know people you know officer Decker was a hometown boy graduated from recording high school returning -- six years ago -- what he said.
Was his dream job.
He was only 31 Tommy was also -- And had four children.
-- -- -- -- We're gonna -- them Ryan Larson was also a native son.
But with a spotty history of minor run ins with the law.
My daughter called me this morning -- -- I know that -- Meyerson.
He's staying around with Joanna.
-- wife they brought these two men together it's unclear but for cold spring it's a hometown tragedy.
On both sides but the crime tape we lost an opposite.
Community lost -- citizen.