BISMARCK — The Bismarck Police Department on Tuesday, May 3, released the name of the man who died after he and officers exchanged gunfire in a mobile home park.
Eric Anthony Hermanson, 31, died on Monday, May 2, in a mobile home park in east Bismarck after he allegedly shot at officers during a foot pursuit. Hermanson and two Bismarck police officers were involved in the shootout.
Authorities said Hermanson, a Bismarck resident, barricaded himself in a shed where they later found him deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. It's unclear whether Hermanson sustained the gunshot from the shooting with the officers or if it was self-inflicted, officials said. No officers were injured in the incident.
Though the officers were at the mobile home park investigating a stolen vehicle, officials did not confirm whether Hermanson stole the vehicle.
The Bismarck Police Department has not released the names of the officers involved in the shooting, which the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations is now investigating.
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Hermanson has an extensive criminal background, according to court records, and he was a registered sex offender as of March 4.
The North Dakota Sex Offender Registry states Hermanson was convicted of gross sexual imposition in Williams County District Court in 2012. His risk level was "low" and he was classified as having "delinquent" status, meaning he did not submit proper registration to law enforcement about his current whereabouts or a change of name, according the state's sex offender registry. The registry states "Delinquent offenders cannot be mapped, as their address in unknown."
Hermanson has pleaded guilty to multiple felony theft charges, the most recent of which was filed in December in Emmons County, court records show.
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