HASTINGS, Minn. - The man killed by police in Hastings Monday night has been identified by his family as 23-year-old Keagan Johnson-Lloyd.
According to the BCA, squads were dispatched to a group home in Hastings around 4 p.m. Monday on reports of a stabbing between two residents. When officers arrived, the suspect, now identified as Johnson-Lloyd, had fled.
The BCA says officers received a report about two hours later, shortly before 6 p.m., that Johnson-Lloyd was near 15th Street West and Highway 61. Responding officers saw him walking on the 1500 block of Walnut Street. At some point, one of the officers shot and killed Johnson-Lloyd.
Johnson-Lloyd's family says he has battled mental illness and drug addiction for years.
"He was a good person with a big heart and and would do anything for a friend and it sad his addiction took him," said Johnson-Lloyd's brother Andy Gaskill. "He was a good friend and loyal and I hope people will remember him for the good he did for people and family and not the things he did when he was deep in his addiction."
His mother, Tanya Johnson, tells KARE 11 that she talked to police after the stabbing but before the shooting, warning them of his past issues and asking them to "talk him down." Johnson-Lloyd was twice convicted of spitting at police officers.
"That’s when I said, you know, Keagan has known to spit at officers so you're going to want to address him calmly and talk him down. I don’t want him spitting at anybody or whatever and getting an assault charge or anything," Johnson said.
The BCA has released details of what led up to Hastings officers opening fire.
Officers were wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting, and the video was immediately turned over to the BCA, which is conducting the follow-up investigation at the request of Hastings Police.