(KSTP) – A man believed to have killed one person and kidnapped a pregnant woman and her four children is now in custody following a manhunt Friday morning.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said Chad Aanerud, 35, was arrested at 7:15 a.m. Friday after a traffic stop in Morrison County.

Inside his vehicle was a woman and her four children who were allegedly kidnapped hours earlier. All five were found unharmed.

According to the sheriff’s office, the kidnapping is related to a fatal shooting that occurred in Maple Grove Township, east of Brainerd.

Sheriff’s deputies say they responded to a shooting on Loerich Road around 1:50 a.m. Friday, where they found 62-year-old Lyle Maske dead from a gunshot wound.

Aanerud was determined to be a suspect in Maske’s murder.

The sheriff’s office later learned that Aanerud allegedly kidnapped his 33-year-old girlfriend and her four children, ages 14 to 3.

According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), Aanerud grabbed a rifle and fired into the home where the five were staying, forcing them to leave with him in his vehicle.

The incident triggered an Amber Alert for Minnesota to be on the lookout for Aanerud and the five who had been taken.

At 7:15 a.m., Aanerud was pulled over during a traffic stop in Morrison County and taken into custody. All five of his abductees were found unharmed inside the vehicle.

The sheriff’s office says the investigation is still active and will release more information as they continue to investigate.

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Chad Aanerud was reportedly arrested in Morrison County, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).

BCA says the kidnapped mother and children have been located and are safe.

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(KSTP) – The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has issued an Amber Alert for a pregnant mother and her four children after they were reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint Friday morning.

BCA says the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in locating 33-year-old Nikkole Dobson and her four children.

According to BCA, Dobson and her children were taken by her boyfriend, Chad Aanerud, 35, from a home they were staying in in Brainerd on the 15000 block of Loerch Road.

Aanerud reportedly arrived at the home around 1:50 a.m. and fired a shotgun into the ceiling of the residence, forcing Dobson and her children to leave with him.

Aanerud is believed to be driving a white 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan with license plate AEC 351. He is described as 6’2″, 185 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes.

BCA says Aanerud is also a suspect in a fatal attack at a separate residence nearby.

Dobson is pregnant, weighs 198 lbs and is 5’7″ with green eyes and reddish brown hair. Her children are Brandon, 14, Haley, 11, Gracie, 7, and Chloe, 3.

Anyone with information should call 911 and stay away from Aanerud if they encounter him.