Suspect In Fatal Maple Grove Shooting Released From Jail: Police

MAPLE GROVE, MN — A 30-year-old man who was jailed last week in connection with a fatal shooting April 17 in Maple Grove was released from custody, according to police.

The man, who police did not publicly identify because he has not been charged, is still considered to be a suspect in the fatal shooting, Maple Grove Police Commander Jon Wetternach confirmed to Patch.

He was released from jail because “further investigation was requested before a charging decision is made,” Wetternach said.

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The man was booked into Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday after he turned himself in at the Maple Grove Police Department. He was jailed after police said he shot and killed another driver during an apparent road rage incident that lasted more than 40 miles on Easter Sunday.

William Floyd Haire, 61, of Buffalo, died April 17 at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale about two hours after he was shot in the abdomen, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Haire was shot during an “altercation between two motorists” near County Road 30 and Garland Lane, Maple Grove police said. Witnesses there said a driver fired a gun toward another car before both fled the area, according to police.

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Haire was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a car near I-94 and Maple Grove Parkway, and he was taken to the hospital where he later died, police said.

The fight between Haire and the other driver started near St. Cloud, more than 40 miles away, and the drivers “had interactions along the route,” police said.

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