Minnesota

The Iron Range man shot to death in St. Louis County by sheriff's deputies over the weekend was identified Sunday by his mother as 19-year-old Estavon Dominic Elioff.

Elioff was the man who law enforcement believes was suspected of shoplifting early Saturday afternoon at L & M Fleet Supply in Mountain Iron shortly before he was chased into the woods and shot, said his mother, Jacqueline Martinez.

A Sheriff's Office statement said a deputy arrived outside the retailer, where Elioff "refused commands and then fled on foot."

About an hour later, deputies and a police dog found the man in some woods. During the confrontation, deputies first deployed Tasers, then two of them shot the man, the statement continued.

Elioff, who lived in Virginia, a few miles to the east of where he was shot, died at the scene.