A Bemidji man is in custody after a shots fired investigation on Ridgeway Avenue, and officers are still looking for a person who fled the scene with a handgun.
According to a release from Chief of Police Mike Mastin, officers and Beltrami County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 2830 Ridgeway Avenue Monday night on report of numerous gun shots among a group of people outside the apartment complex.
Officers found the west entrance glass doors were shattered and bullet holes in the frame of the doorway.
Twenty-five-year-old Michael Fineday was arrested for multiple offenses, including providing a false name, fleeing on foot, obstructing justice and two outstanding felony warrants for drugs and burglary.
A shotgun was recovered from another person at the scene.
According to the release, six people were engaged in a verbal argument, with the shotgun and a handgun displayed with numerous shots fired.
Another person is believed to have fled the scene prior to officer arrival, still in possession of a handgun and should be considered dangerous.
Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to come forward.
