Northern Minnesota officer shoots, kills man who pointed gun at police, authorities say

An officer in Virginia, Minnesota shot and killed a man who authorities say pointed a gun at police Friday morning. 

The Virginia Police Department says officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Second Avenue South around 8:20 a.m. after hearing of a man pacing back and forth, wearing a ski mask and waving a gun.

Officers found the man walking down the sidewalk holding what appeared to be a gun. They commanded him to drop it, but police say he instead pointed it at officers.

An officer fired their gun and hit the man, police say. The man was taken to the hospital, where he died.

No officer was injured in the incident. The officer who fired their gun is on critical incident leave, which is standard practice.

The officers at the scene were all wearing body cameras. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting.

Virginia is roughly 65 miles north of Duluth.