Investigation concludes police justified in using deadly force in Eagan standoff in July

Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom says his investigation concludes that five officers were justified in fatally shooting 23-year-old Isak Aden during a standoff July 2nd in Eagan. The four-and-a-half-hour ordeal began when Aden pointed a gun at his ex-girlfriend. He later put the gun to his head several times and urged officers to shoot him. Officers say during the standoff they threw three flash-bangs at Aden, plus used “less lethal munitions” which they believe struck him. They say Aden got up, lunged for a gun and began to raise his right hand with the weapon in it. It was later determined that Aden fired. Five officers then fired and a number of rounds struck and killed Aden. His sister says “there was never a standoff” because it was “90 law enforcement officers in SWAT gear with armored vehicles and rifles against an innocent and frightened 23-year-old.”