Richfield man arrested after reports he put a ‘dead body’ in his vehicle

After Richfield police received numerous 911 calls Saturday morning that a man was “dragging a dead body” out of an apartment and loading it into a vehicle, police gave chase until the man pulled over at an Edina hospital’s emergency room entrance.

An unconscious 23-year-old woman was in the back seat with a gunshot wound. Despite lifesaving efforts, she was pronounced dead.

The Richfield Police Department gave the following details about the incident on its Facebook page:

At about 3:12 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to 911 calls from residents at 7601 Knox Avenue South saying a man had loaded what looked like a dead body into a vehicle.

An officer in the area tried to pull the man’s vehicle over but the driver didn’t stop and there was a brief chase until the man stopped at the emergency entrance at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, where the woman was discovered in the back seat.

The man was taken into custody.

No further details were available. The incident remains under active investigation.