WEST ST PAUL, Minn. — A man is dead after police say a South Metro SWAT officer returned gunfire during a standoff that began Thursday morning in West St. Paul.

Officials say the SWAT officer fired at the man after he allegedly "took aim" at officers with a long gun. The man was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The West St. Paul Police Department said the standoff began after the St. Paul Police Department located a motorcycle associated with a man wanted for multiple felony warrants around 11 a.m. outside a residence on the 1200 block of Ottawa Avenue.

Authorities say SPPD officers surrounded the home and began evacuating other people from inside the residence. Police say they saw the man inside the home, and some of the people who were evacuated confirmed

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