Authorities are investigating an apparent suicide Wednesday morning at a public shooting range in Coon Rapids.
According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, police and paramedics were called around 11 a.m. to 20 Coon Rapids Blvd. N.W. on a report of an individual with an apparent gunshot wound.
First responders at the address, the location of the Modern Sportsman, determined that a man arranged to fire a gun at the indoor range when he suffered an apparently intentional self-inflicted gunshot wound in his assigned shooting lane.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene; he wasn’t immediately identified. No other injuries were reported.
The incident remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office, Coon Rapids Police Department and Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.
Anyone can reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988. Or people can text “Home” to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.
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