Name of Man Fatally Shot By Apple Valley Police Officer Released

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner on Monday identified the man fatally shot Sunday during an exchange of gunfire with an Apple Valley Police Department officer, according to a press release from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Carl Anthony Tatum, 48, of 13947 Herald Ct. in Apple Valley, died of blood loss resulting from multiple gunshot wounds, the release says.

BCA agents interviewed Officers Tommie Booth and Tara Becker, who both were placed on a standard paid administrative leave, the release says. The BCA will give its findings to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office when the investigation is complete.

Apple Valley Acting Police Chief Jon Rechtzigel told the Star Tribune on Monday that Becker and Booth "conducted themselves very professionally" during the incident Sunday.

According to information from Apple Valley police :

At 5:42 p.m. Sunday, Apple Valley police were called to 13947 Herald Ct., Apple Valley, on a domestic assault report in which the alleged victim told dispatchers that she had been assaulted and strangled by her live-in boyfriend.

When officers arrived, they found the woman outside because she feared for her safety, she told them.

One officer went inside and found the man, who allegedly was “in an agitated state,” the release says.

The officer somewhat calmed down the man and had him go outside to the front steps of the residence. The officers determined after their initial investigation that they had cause to arrest the man on a domestic assault: strangulation charge.

Officers told the man he was under arrest, the release said, at which point he allegedly ran inside and upstairs. Both officers followed him, and at the top of the stairs Booth allegedly saw the man had a handgun, the release says.

The man allegedly fired his gun at Booth, the release says, and Booth fired his own handgun at the man, hitting him.

Officers contacted dispatch to request assistance and paramedics, then gave CPR and tried to control the man's bleeding, according to the release. Nobody else was injured.

ALF Ambulance/Allina paramedics took the man to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he was pronounced dead Sunday evening, the release says.

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