Days after a retired Minneapolis firefighter was released from jail after being charged with attempting to shoot former Minnesota Gophers running back Tellis Redmon, the former civil servant has racked up new charges in a chaotic encounter with law enforcement.
Officers report Eric Jagers cut off his ankle monitor and pulled out a hunting bow on police after leading two different agencies on a dangerous high-speed chase and crashing.
Police say the man might be suffering from a mental crisis.
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Jagers was booked into the Minneapolis-area Hennepin County Jail after being arrested on assault charges on April 14 for allegedly shooting at Redmon. Court documents state the 54-year-old also called the former football player a racial slur during the altercation. A court granted Jagers a $25,000 bond on the condition that he wear an ankle monitor, and by April 20 he was released from jail.
Two days later, by 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, Jagers was dressed in camouflage and standing at the counter of a gas station some 200 miles from Minneapolis in Breckenridge, Minnesota, when police say he borrowed scissors from the clerk and cut the monitor off his leg.
When several officers tried to capture him at the Blazer Express station, he hopped in his vehicle, sped away, and led police on an hour-long chase before eventually crashing into a street sign, FOX 22 reported.
After the crash, Jagers jumped out of his vehicle while holding a hunting bow. The cops, who were from two different agencies, shot at him with bean bags and pepper ball rounds to disorient him.
Once secured, he was taken back into custody. For this escapade, he faced one charge of fleeing a peace officer and another charge of obstructing the legal process in Wilkins County.
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