ST. PAUL — The University of North Dakota Forensic Pathology Center has identified the man who died during a Nov. 13 use-of-force incident in Clearwater County as Dennis Hoie, 75, of Bagley. 

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has identified the deputy who used force during this incident. 

• Clearwater County Deputy Noah Hallman fired his department-issued firearm. He has three years of law enforcement experience. He has been placed on critical incident leave by the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office. 

According to the BCA’s preliminary investigation, just after 12 p.m. on Nov. 13, a deputy recognized Hoie at a gas station on Central Street West in Bagley and attempted to arrest him on outstanding felony warrants. Hoie resisted, fled in his pickup truck, and was pursued by deputies and a Bagley police officer.

Hoie drove onto U.S. Highway 2 and later northbound on McDougal Avenue Northwest, where a Bagley police officer performed a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) maneuver, causing Hoie’s vehicle to spin out and stop in a residential driveway.

Deputies and the Bagley officer approached the vehicle on foot and attempted to get Hoie to exit. During the attempt to get Hoie to exit the vehicle, Deputy Hallman broke the glass of the passenger side window of the pickup truck as Hoie pulled a flare gun and fired it toward the deputies on the driver’s side of the vehicle. Deputy Hallman fired his handgun through the passenger side window striking Hoie. Medical aid was rendered to Hoie, but he was pronounced deceased on the scene. 

A deputy on the driver’s side of Hoie’s vehicle sustained a graze injury to his head that did not require medical attention. 

BCA crime scene personnel recovered one orange-colored flare gun. Deputy Hallman’s body camera was on and recording during this incident.   

The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office requested the BCA investigate the use of force. Once the investigation is complete, the BCA will present its findings without recommendation on charges to the Clearwater County Attorney’s Office for review.