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The Associated Press State & Local Wire

May 21, 2005, Saturday, BC cycle

SECTION: State and Regional

LENGTH: 141 words

HEADLINE: Chisago County deputy shoots man after standoff

DATELINE: NORTH BRANCH, Minn.

BODY:

A Chisago County sheriff's deputy shot a Stacy man to death after he pointed a gun at authorities and threatened toshoot them.

Police responded on Wednesday to reports of shots fired at a residence in Isanti County, according to a release fromthe Chisago County sheriff's office.

Authorities said 41-year-old Robert Allen Peterson was in a pole barn on the property. After three-and-a-halfhours of negotiations, Peterson emerged from the building waving a hand gun at officers and pointing the gun at hishead.

Authorities ordered Peterson to put the weapon down and shot him after he pointed the gun at a Chisago Countysheriff's deputy. Peterson was pronounced dead at Fairview Lakes Wyoming Hospital.

The officer who shot Peterson has been placed on paid administrative lead while authorities investigate theshooting.

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