Meanwhile, dispatch pinged the cellphone from which the call was placed and located it about 700 feet away from the officers, Draovitch said. At the same time, an officer saw someone in the shadows near the tennis courts, in roughly the same place as the cellphone.

Police said the person began yelling and ran toward the area of softball diamond one, entering the dugout on the north side. The officer saw something in the man's hand, which apparently looked like a handgun wrapped in a shirt. The man did not follow officers’ commands and made a movement like he was pointing a weapon at an officer, police said.

Three other officers on the scene fired fired two shotguns and one rifle at the suspect in defense of the officer at 11:42 p.m. Monday, police said. It is not yet known how many shots were fired.

What officers thought was a weapon turned out to be a shirt wrapped around his hands, police said.

Metro Area Ambulance responded and transported Lovgren to a local hospital. Neither CHI St. Alexius nor Sanford Hospital knew his condition, as he is not listed in their directories.

The case has been turned over to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.