A Moody County Sheriff's Deputy says he fired his weapon to protect himself, and another man. That's according to the probable cause affidavit filed in Moody County Friday.
The incident started around 11:30 Thursday.
Robert Nosbusch, 59, called 911 from his truck, saying he had been assaulted in Pipestone, Minnesota and was following the suspect at almost 90 miles an hour.
Almost 15 minutes later, both men approached a Sheriff's deputy on a rural Moody County road. Deputy Nathan Bowden stopped both vehicles. As he started instructing the men, Nosbusch got out of his pickup. He pulled a pistol from behind the back seat and pointed it at the deputy and the other man, Jay Christian, 51.
Deputy Bowden says he feared Nosbush was going to shoot him or Christian, so he fired his own weapon six times, striking Nosbusch three times.
One Ward resident we talked Friday isn't too surprised.
"Not so much any more because there has been more shootings involving police officers," Clair Barthel said. "Sometimes you wonder if they're too quick on the draw, but when someone is pointing a weapon at you, what are you going to do."
According to the affidavit, a dashboard camera in Bowden's patrol car recorded the entire incident and confirms what he told investigators. Nosbusch told a DCI investigator he pulled his gun in an attempt to assist the deputy.
The paperwork does not say what the altercation between the two men was about.
