A 19-year-old who drowned in a pool at an apartment last week has been identified as a St. Paul resident.

Abdikadar Abass Osman was swimming in an indoor pool in the 1900 block of Burns Avenue in St. Paul the night of June 28. Surveillance video from the apartment showed other people at the pool left, and Osman remained and swam alone, said Steve Linders, a Ramsey County sheriff’s office spokesman.

Osman started struggling and went under the water. Two juveniles went into the area 23 minutes later, saw Osman in the pool and notified adults, who called 911, Linders said. First responders pulled Osman out of the pool and he was pronounced dead.

— Mara H. Gottfried

Man who died in police encounter is identified

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an Oakdale incident in which a Woodbury police officer fired non-lethal pepper ball rounds at a man’s car, not realizing the man was already dead.

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the deceased as Keith Lavance Lewis, 40, of Minneapolis, and said Lewis died of a gunshot wound to the head. The BCA didn’t specify whether the gunshot wound was self-inflicted, though Oakdale police previously announced he had shot himself.

The incident unfolded at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in Oakdale, where officers approached a vehicle parked near the 1200 block of Glenbrook Avenue, according to a preliminary investigation. The officers found Lewis asleep alone in the car. When they woke him, he pulled out a handgun, according to the BCA. The officers began backing away to find cover behind their squad cars, and then heard a gunshot. Not realizing Lewis was dead, they called for backup, drawing squads from nearby departments, including Woodbury police and the Washington County Sheriff’s office.

Still not realizing he was dead, officers attempted to get Lewis to surrender, and Woodbury officer Alec Gulbranson eventually fired pepper ball rounds at the car as part of the effort, according to the BCA. Once they confirmed he had died, officers secured the scene for investigators and crime scene personnel, who recovered a .40-caliber pistol.

The officers were all wearing body cameras during the incident and BCA officials said they are reviewing all available video as part of their investigation, which is being conducted at the request of the Oakdale Police Department.

The BCA will present its findings without a charging recommendation to the Washington County Attorney’s Office for review.

— Frederick Melo

Only in Wisconsin: Cop saves cows from fire

A Wisconsin police officer who ran into a burning barn and found three cows near flames says the bovines “made a beeline” for the safety of a pasture once he opened a gate holding them back.

Sturgeon Bay police officer Andrew Crabb was nearing the end of his overnight shift on the morning of June 25 when he spotted smoke coming from a barn at a farm. He stopped, dashed across a field and entered the barn, finding the cows trapped and mooing in distress.

“Once I realized what was going on inside that barn, I realized the gate didn’t get undone and those cows were not going to make it,” Crabb told Fox News Digital. “So I ran in there and got the gate and then got them out. And I didn’t have to really encourage them too much. They knew exactly what they needed to do once that gate was open.”

Crabb said the cows “made a beeline” out of the barn and joined the rest of the herd in the pasture. He said the three cows had been kept in the barn overnight because they were deemed “prone to escape.”

Crabb said an all-volunteer fire brigade was able to “save the majority” of the barn.

— Associated Press