BRAINERD — Law enforcement arrested a 35-year-old Brainerd man Friday morning, Nov. 1, as a suspect in a shooting death and the alleged kidnapping of five people from a residence northeast of Brainerd .

Around 1:50 a.m., Crow Wing County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting on Loerch Road in Maple Grove Township, east of Brainerd. Deputies arrived in the area and found an adult male deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim has been identified as Lyle Maske, 62, Brainerd.

Investigators have identified Chad Aanerud as a suspect in the shooting. Aanerud allegedly took five people against their will from a residence in the 15000 block of Loerch Road and left the scene in a white 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. The sheriff’s office reported that it believed the shooting death and apparent kidnapping to be related incidents.

Those taken against their will were a 33-year-old woman and four minors aged 14, 11, 7 and 3.

An Amber Alert was sent out around 6:30 a.m. Friday with information about the suspect and the vehicle.

At approximately 7:15 a.m., the vehicle was located and stopped by law enforcement in Morrison County. Aanerud was detained and the five individuals were located unharmed in the vehicle.

“This is an active investigation and more details will be released as they become known,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

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