Iowa fugitive caught in Sleepy Eye

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From the City of Algona
On September 13, 2023, at approximately 7:53 p.m., Officer Kevin Cram, age 33, of the Algona Police Department was on patrol duty in the City of Algona when he was made aware of an active arrest warrant for Kyle Ricke. The arrest warrant was for Harassment through Palo Alto County, Iowa.

Algona Police Department, Iowa

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Officer Cram knew of a possible location for Ricke and headed to that area. Officer Cram was in the 1100 block of S. Minnesota Street in Algona when he observed Kyle Ricke, age 43. After advising Ricke he was going to be placed under arrest, Ricke shot Officer Cram. Officer Cram was located by other officers and EMS, and taken to the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona where he was pronounced deceased.

Kyle Ricke was located and arrested near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, at approximately 11:50 p.m. last night. He has been charged with Murder in the First Degree in Kossuth County, Iowa, and will be extradited at a later date. See the full press release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety


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From the Brown County Sheriff's Office

Case File Number: 23007451
Type of Incident: Arrest Homicide Suspect
Date of Incident: September 13, 2023
Time of Incident: 2349 hours

Location of Incident: 29000 210 Street, Sleepy Eye, Brown County, MN

Persons Involved: Kyle Lou Ricke (43)

On September 13, 2023, the Brown County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Minnesota State Patrol and the low Department of Public Safety with information on a person who was identified as being involved in the shooting of an Algona lowa police officer at 2000 hours

Further information was developed placing the suspect at an address in Leavenworth Township, rural Sleepy Eye MN.

With the assistance of the Minnesota State Patrol, Minnesota State Patrol Air Unit, Sleepy Eye Police Department, Brown County Sheriff's Office Deputies took the suspect into custody without incident.

Kyle Ricke (Brown County, Minn., Jail)

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The suspect is currently in the Brown County Jail, MN. Brown County Sheriff's Office extends gratitude to multijurisdictional partners including the lowa State Patrol, lowa Department of Public Safety, FBI, for their assistance.

This case is being investigated by the low Department of Public Safety. Future media inquiries should be directed to Alex Dinkla at the lowa Department of Public Safety.

Jeremy Reed, Chief Deputy Brown County Sheriff's Office