Feb 3, 2015
Archived: Jury Convicts Brian Fitch of Murder of Mendota Heights Police Officer
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota jury has convicted a man in the killing of a police officer in West St. Paul last summer.
Brian Fitch Sr. was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Mendota Heights Officer Scott Patrick during a routine traffic stop on July 30.
Fitch was also found guilty of three counts each of attempted first-degree murder and second-degree assault and two weapons charges stemming from a shootout with officers during his arrest in St. Paul later that day.
The trial was moved to Stearns County because of pretrial publicity in the Twin Cities. The jury of five women and seven men was to be sequestered during deliberations.
