WALKER, Minn. — A sheriff’s deputy was injured and a suspect was killed in a Sunday afternoon gunfight near Walker, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office in north-central Minnesota.

Sheriff Bryan Welk said that at 4:37 p.m. Sunday, dispatchers received a 911 reporting gunfire near residences in the area of Old Agency Drive and Onigum Road Northwest (County Road 13) in Turtle Lake Township.

Shortly after arriving at the scene, deputies attempted to make contact with a male subject who was walking in the 8000 block of Onigum.

The subject ran from deputies and a foot pursuit ensued. There was then an exchange of gunfire.

A deputy was shot and transported via helicopter to a Fargo, N.D., hospital. The subject was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Monday, the sheriff’s office said t

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