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The BCA says the man shot and killed by law officers had texted a woman and indicated that he had just killed his mother.

He had also indicated a willingness to shoot a police officer as means of escaping arrest.

The State Patrol responded to the crash in Mower County shortly before 1p.m.

The drivers were the only people involved in the crash.

Deputies and other first responders were dispatched to the traffic incident around 1:15 Saturday afternoon.

The incident happened in the parking lot of a Rochester restaurant last Summer.

Investigators identified the suspect when he called the victim’s phone after she was found dead.

Court records show he was arrested after crashing into two vehicles and a building before fleeing on foot.

The Blooming Prairie man was charged last summer following a 10 hour plus standoff in Austin.

Federal court documents allege the scheme to steal taxpayer dollars spanned multiple decades.