After an hours-long standoff Thursday in West St. Paul, with the suspect shooting at police, he took aim at officers with a long gun and a SWAT officer returned fire, according to police.

The man was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.

The incident began when St. Paul officers were searching for a man wanted for multiple felony warrants, West St. Paul police said in a statement Thursday night. Officers found a motorcycle associated with the man in the 1200 block of Ottawa Avenue in West St. Paul just after 11 a.m.

St. Paul officers surrounded a residence and evacuated people, who confirmed the man with warrants was inside.

The South Metro SWAT took over about 2:15 p.m. “The suspect fired shots striking the armored SWAT vehicles and an officer’s handheld ballistic shield over the course of the next four hours,” according to the police statement.

The SWAT team threw a cellphone into the home, and used drones and robotics “in an attempt to negotiate with and obtain a visual of the suspect,” the statement said. “Officers used chemical irritants in an attempt to subdue the suspect. After multiple rounds of chemical irritants, the suspect continued firing at officers through multiple windows.”

The suspect “took aim at officers” about 6:40 p.m. and a South Metro SWAT officer returned fire and shot the man, the statement said.

During the incident, a “shelter in place” was issued for the area.

West St. Paul police said Thursday afternoon that a lockdown at St. Joseph Catholic school was “a precautionary measure to ensure students remain away from an ongoing incident occurring a few blocks. … The active scene is not related to the school. Any rumors of danger to the school are untrue.”

A day earlier, at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, two children were killed and another 18 people were injured as a assailant opened fire from outside the church during morning Mass.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting in West St. Paul, and the agency said it will release more information after the preliminary investigation is complete.

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Skylar Diggins scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half, Nneka Ogwumike had 12 points and nine rebounds, and the Seattle Storm rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Lynx 93-79 on Thursday night at Target Center.

Seattle, which trailed 39-18 midway through the second quarter, tied its second-largest comeback win in franchise history.

Kayla McBride had 20 points with five 3-pointers to lead Minnesota (30-8), which lost for just the second time in 20 home games this season. A win would have secured the Lynx home court advantage for the entire playoffs.

“We didn’t have a level of aggression that Seattle had, especially defensively,” Lynx coach Cheryl Rev said. “They made their own breaks … and they kicked our butts in the second half.”

Seattle closed the third quarter on a 25-6 run over a six-minute span to take a 67-63 lead, capped by 3-pointer by Diggins with 0.6 seconds left.

The Storm scored 34 points in the frame — after scoring just 33 points in the entire first half. Seattle was 12 of 19 from the field in the third, including 7 of 11 from 3-point range.
Seattle made four of its 16 3-pointers in the fourth.

“It wasn’t just the third quarter; we got beat by 27 in the second half,” Reeve said. “We only won one quarter. You could feel it happening in the second quarter.”

Gabby Williams added 16 points for Seattle (21-19). Dominique Malonga and Erica Wheeler each added 13.
Napheesa Collier and Courtney Williams each scored 18 points of Minnesota. Williams also had 10 assists.

“We did a pretty good job in the first two quarters.” Collier said. “In the second half we let it slip.”

“I don’t think anyone can just come in and go through the motions and beat a team, especially this late in the season,” McBride said. “Seattle is a team playing for its life.”

Minnesota outscored Seattle 25-12 in the first and then started the second on a 6-0 run for a 19-point lead. The Lynx led 46-33 at halftime behind 28 combined points from Williams and McBride. Five of Seattle’s 11 field goals in the first half were from 3-point range.

Reeve was called for a technical foul at the end of the third after Diggins appeared to be shouting at the Lynx bench following her 3-pointer.

“They wanted it more than we did tonight, and especially this late in the season,” Collier said. “We can’t let that happen.”

Making his first rehab start since going on the Twins’ injured list with a shoulder impingement, David Festa struck out five through 2⅔ innings to set the tone in the Saints’ 5-4 victory over Toledo on Thursday at Fifth Third Stadium.

St. Paul pitches combined for 16 strikeouts, and Peyton Eeles drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning. Trent Baker pitched the ninth for his second save, fanning Gage Workman with the tying run on second.

After a leadoff walk, Festa retired the next three in the first inning, two on strikeouts. He retired the side in order in the second, two more on punchouts, and was pulled after a two-out walk in the third inning brought him to his pitch limit.

Festa finished with a 50% whiff rate (11 of 22 swings) while his fastball averaged 93.7 mph and topped out at 94.4 mph. His sinker averaged 93.8 mph.

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A big second half from running back Calvin Coppersmith proved to be just enough to carry Centennial past Rosemount 21-14 in the season opener for both teams Friday night at Irish Stadium in Rosemount.

The senior’s 4-yard touchdown run with 3:28 to play gave the Cougars their first lead of the night and they were able to hang on from there.

It was Rosemount that struck first after taking the opening kickoff and marching 75 yards to score on a 1-yard quarterback sneak by sophomore quarterback Finn Macken. The touchdown came one play after Macken had completed a 30-yard pass to senior Mayon Dixon on fourth-and-6 at the Cougars’ 31-yard line.

But Centennial answered back with a long drive of its own that looked like it would end with a 25-yard field goal. A roughing-the-kicker penalty, though, gave the Cougars a fresh set of downs. Senior quarterback Isaac Belinske-Strauss took full advantage, bouncing outside to score on a 1-yard run that tied the score 7-7 with 10:26 to play before halftime.

The first two drives ran a total of 13:34 off the clock.

The Irish then jumped on top 14-7 when senior Quintin VeDepo picked off a Belinske-Strauss pass and returned it 43 yards for a touchdown with 1:51 remaining in the second quarter.

After Coppersmith began the second half with a long kickoff return that gave Centennial the ball at midfield, the Cougars advanced all the way to the Rosemount 23. But the drive stalled there and a 40-yard, field-goal attempt was no good.

Centennial got another chance after recovering a fumble at its own 39 late in the third, and this time the Cougars converted on a touchdown run from just over 1-yard out by sophomore Edwin Ekah.

That tied the score 14-14 with 11:11 remaining.

After Centennial forced a Rosemount punt, the Coppersmith show continued as he spun away from defenders for a first down on fourth-and-1 at the Irish 24, then scored five plays later to put his team on top by seven.

Macken led his team all the way to the Cougars’ 40 on Rosemount’s final possession, but a high snap resulted in a 13-yard loss, then a 15-yard personal foul call made it fourth-and-29 and the Irish turned the ball over on downs, allowing Centennial to run out the clock.

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