Police killings
2013-2020

Benjamin William Evans

Male, White

Date of the incident: 4/12/2018

Lake Elmo, Washington, MN
Lake Elmo Ave and 34th St N

The Washington County sheriff's office received a call just after midnight about a man who had been making suicidal comments, police said. Deputies found him, and he was armed with a handgun. Officers spoke with the man and at one point used less-lethal bean bag rounds to try to incapacitate the man. Later, a deputy shot and killed him.