Minn. Cop Shot In Head Succumbs To Injuries

The small southeastern Minnesota town of Lake City is in mourning this weekend over the death of police officer Shawn Schneider , shot in the head early last week during a domestic call.

A spokeswoman from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester said Schneider died about 5:30 p.m. Friday at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, reports the Star Tribune.

Schneider, 32, a nine-year veteran of the Lake City Police Department and a father of three young children, and a well-known figure in the picturesque river town of 5,000, was shot in the head  while responding to a domestic dispute on the morning of Dec. 19.

Officer Schneider was shot by 25-year-old Alan J. Sylte Jr. of Hager City, Wis. Sytle was found dead in the home.