WILLMAR (WJON News) -- The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office has released more information about a deadly crime spree that ended near Willmar.

The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man who was shot and killed as 55-year-old Jerome Skluzacek of New London.

The victim of the shooting near Lake Lillian is in stable condition and is expected to survive. He has been identified as 25-year-old Peter Mayerchak of Lake Lillian.

The suspect has been identified as 25-year-old Ameer Matariyeh of Minneapolis.

Original story: 
A man was shot and killed in Willmar after a shooting in Minneapolis.

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office says it all started at about 1:00 p.m. Tuesday when Minneapolis Police were called to an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Lyndale Avenue South where a man was reportedly firing several rounds into the street from the building's top floor.

Authorities learned the suspect was traveling west through several counties, including Kandiyohi County where investigators believe the man shot and injured another man at a rural home.

The suspect was chased to the Highway 71/23 bypass south of Willmar where police believe he attempted a carjacking and fatally shot that driver.

Police were able to arrest the suspect without anyone else being shot or killed. No officials used deadly force.

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