Man Killed On Mendota Bridge Identified

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN — Authorities have identified the man killed by police on the Mendota Bridge Monday. Police say Arlan Kaleb Schultz, 31, of Richfield was shot during a hostage situation.

Schultz was holding a woman at gunpoint when he was killed, police said.

On July 13 at 12:45 a.m., Chaska police officers and Carver County deputies responded to a "disturbance" on Yellow Brick Circle in Chaska. A man was threatening to shoot a woman inside the house, according to investigators.

Schultz fled, taking the woman in a car and leading cops on a highway chase, police said.

Chaska officers, Carver County deputies, and other law enforcement agencies pursued the vehicle until it was stopped on the Mendota Bridge — which carries Highway 55 and Highway 62 — due to tire-deflating spikes.

The bridge was shut down for several hours.

Negotiators from the Tri-City Tactical Team made "extensive efforts to negotiate and de-escalate the situation to persuade the suspect to voluntarily surrender, but these efforts were unsuccessful," according to a news release.

Schultz continued to hold the woman hostage until he was shot and killed by a Carver County deputy, police said. The woman was emotionally distraught, but did not suffer "serious injury" during the incident, according to authorities.

"In this situation, the suspect created a dangerous situation for the female victim, motorists, other people in that area, and law enforcement," the Carver County Sheriff's Office and the Chaska Police Department said in a news release.

The deputy is on administrative leave. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating this incident.

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