The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting death of a man Sunday night in Vadnais Heights during a confrontation with Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies.

The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 3250 Fanum Road.

Deputies were on routine patrol near U.S. 61 and I-694 when they spotted a “suspicious” RV and car parked on the street at 3250 Fanum Road, according to a BCA press release.

Four deputies found a male inside the RV and a female inside the car. “At one point, a deputy inside the RV fired (a) weapon, striking the male,” the press release said.

The male was taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital in St. Paul where he later died.

The woman was interviewed and released.

No deputies were injured, according to the BCA. All four deputies are now on standard administrative leave.

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A business owner not far from the shooting scene said that he saw the RV being fueled up at a nearby gas station about a half hour before the shots were fired, but did not get a look at the driver.

Toufong Lor of Toufong Auto, 1506 Buerkle Road., said he also saw a Ramsey County sheriff’s office squad in the gas-station parking lot as the RV was at the gas pump. Shortly afterward, the RV pulled out of the station and headed toward the location where the shooting would occur.

Lor said the RV had been parking at multiple locations in the immediate vicinity for several days, but he thought nothing of it.

The Ramsey County sheriff’s office provides police services to Vadnais Heights on a contract.

The incident remains under investigation, and additional information will be released once authorities conduct initial interviews with witnesses and those involved in the incident, the press release said.

When the BCA’s investigation is complete, it will turn its findings over to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office for review.

The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy on the shooting victim and release his identity. More information about the death will be available once that process and family notifications are complete, the BCA said.