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SHAKOPEE, Minn. (KMSP) - A 31-year-old man is in custody at the Scott County Jail in connection with a woman’s death in Shakopee, Minnesota.
On Monday morning, officers were dispatched to a home on the 1400 block of Savanna Drive for a report of a man who may have killed his girlfriend. Upon arrival, they found a 34-year-old woman dead at the home.
Police identified the suspect as 31-year-old Sergey Nikolaevich Balandin of Shakopee.
Authorities arrested Balandin later near the Hampton Inn in Shakopee after a brief standoff with officers. They found him hiding in the bushes. He was booked on suspicion of second degree murder.
Police are not seeking any additional suspects and say the public is not in danger.
The woman’s death remains under investigation. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office will release her name and manner of death at a later time.
The Shakopee Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact them at 952-233-9400. Anonymous tips can be texted to 847411 with the word “spdtips.”