WASECA, Minn. – Prosecutors have charged a man accused of shooting and critically wounding a Minnesota police officer.
Thirty-seven-year-old Tyler Robert Janovsky is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer. Authorities say Janovsky shot Waseca Officer Arik Matson in the head as Matson and other officers responded to a call of a suspicious person in a backyard Monday night. Matson remains in critical condition.
Janovsky also is accused of shooting at two other officers. Matson and another officer returned fire, hitting Janovsky twice.
He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and remains hospitalized.