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September 20, 2012

Suspect sought in N. Kato gun incident

NORTH MANKATO — North Mankato police are looking for the public's help identifying a man who allegedly pointed a handgun at a student walking home from school.

The 11-year-old boy told police he was walking home from Garfield Elementary School when an older white man in an older green pickup pointed a handgun at him while driving past him. The boy said the man had gray curly hair and was wearing a red shirt.

The boy was near the intersection of Cross Street and Monroe Avenue when the incident occurred at about 2:32 p.m. Thursday.

Anyone with information is being asked to call North Mankato Police at 625-4141 or Nicollet County dispatchers at 931-1570.

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