After working to evacuate the building, officers allegedly made contact with Matz in a stairwell, where he was armed with a machine gun.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man has been charged after he allegedly entered an apartment building and opened fire with an AK-47.
Minneapolis police said the incident started on the night of Sept. 7 around 10:50. Multiple 911 callers reported a man walking around with a shotgun near the 4000 block of Minnehaha Avenue. Officers searched the area but didn’t find the armed man, according to a press release.
According to the charging documents, officers located 41-year-old Nathan Mellstrom Matz when they were called back to the building at 4 a.m.
After working to evacuate the building, officers allegedly made contact with Matz in a stairwell, where he was armed with an AK-47. The officer ordered Matz to drop the gun. After Matz continued to hold the firearm …