Authorities have identified the man killed by a Cass County deputy on the Leech Lake Reservation of northern Minnesota.

Deputy David Donner fatally shot James Walter Weyaus, 37, of Onigum, during an reported exchange of gunfire late Sunday afternoon south of the Bayside Resort.

The police account of the incident states deputies were called to the 8400 block of Old Agency Trail Northwest in Turtle Lake Township, a few miles east of Walker, around 4:40 p.m. Sunday on a report of shots fired near homes.

Deputies responding to the scene encountered a man – identified as Weyaus – walking alone on County Road 13 and attempted to make contact with him. But Weyaus allegedly fled on foot, sparking a pursuit and an "exchange of gunfire" between him and Deputy Kaleb Cherne.

Cherne shot in the upp

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