Richfield man arrested after reports he put a ‘dead body’ in his vehicle

After Richfield police received numerous 911 calls Saturday morning that a man was “dragging a dead body” out of an apartment and loading it into a vehicle, police gave chase until the man pulled over at an Edina hospital’s emergency room entrance.

An unconscious 23-year-old woman was in the back seat with a gunshot wound. Despite lifesaving efforts, she was pronounced dead.

The Richfield Police Department gave the following details about the incident on its Facebook page:

At about 3:12 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to 911 calls from residents at 7601 Knox Avenue South saying a man had loaded what looked like a dead body into a vehicle.

An officer in the area tried to pull the man’s vehicle over but the driver didn’t stop and there was a brief chase until the man stopped at the eme