DULUTH – A video released by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday contains body and dashboard camera footage from the fatal confrontation between law enforcement and a Normanna Township man accused of starting three houses on fire, including his own.
The deputies were placed on leave, which is standard protocol.
In the video, a deputy drives along a dirt road, easing past a fire to his left. Other deputies follow behind or alongside as they pass a riding lawn mower tipped to its side but still running. Then Wolf, with a weapon, emerges from the woods on the right.
“Male! Male! Male!” a deputy yells.
Wolf seems calm when he turns and faces them. The muzzle of his weapon glows and the deputies begin shooting, one through his own windshield. Wolf drops to the grass.
“Stop! Hold fire!” a deputy yells.
Life-saving efforts were attempted but Wolf died at the scene.
