Suspect who killed deputy in Pope County domestic dispute case identified

Officials on Wednesday identified the man fatally shot Saturday after he fired at officers responding to a domestic dispute call in the small west-central Minnesota city of Cyrus.

The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as 34-year-old Bryan Nygard of Cyrus, who died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on Wednesday also released the names of two of the three officers involved in the use-of-force incident: Pope County Deputy Brody Merrill and Starbuck police officer Alex Olson. Officials previously released the name of Deputy Joshua Owen, who was shot three times and died at a hospital.

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