danny hammond

An investigation by the Stearns County Attorney's Office into the death of a man who shot and killed an Aitkin County Sheriff's Deputy at St. Cloud Hospital determined no charges will be filed against a hospital security officer who tased him.

A report says the suspect who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy at St. Cloud Hospital last month was never evaluated by a psychiatrist while at the hospital. The federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services also says the suspect was placed on a 72-hour hold by a physician assistant rather than a physician.

Aitkin County's sheriff says the man charged with kidnapping and terrorizing his wife was not under arrest when he grabbed a deputy's gun at a St. Cloud hospital and fatally shot him.

A man who killed an Aitkin County Sheriff's deputy over the weekend had been sought just a week earlier for allegedly terrorizing his wife. A criminal complaint says Danny Leroy Hammond locked his wife inside and aimed a pistol at her after she said she was leaving him.