Authorities ID homicide victim in central Minnesota

WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are identifying the man shot and killed Saturday in an apparent homicide in rural Paynesville as 43-year-old Timothy Richard Larson of Albertville.

The West Central Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/q8T4aU) Kandiyohi County Sheriff Dan Hartog released the name on Monday. Authorities are investigating the death as a homicide.

An 81-year-old man and his 45-year-old son have been arrested in the death and are being held in the Kandiyohi County Jail.

The sheriff's office says deputies received a call Saturday from the older man, who said he was at a home in Burbank Township and that he has shot and killed someone after an argument.

When deputies arrived, they found the man and the body of the victim with an apparent gunshot wound. The suspects have not been formally charged.

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