According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Cram had located 43-year-old Kyle L. Ricke at 1102 S. Minnesota St. at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Ricke had an active arrest warrant for harassment out of Palo Alto County.

After Cram, 33, told Ricke he was there to arrest him, Ricke shot the officer and fled. Cram was located by law enforcement and emergency medical services quickly and transported to Kossuth Regional Health Center, where he was pronounced dead.

A massive manhunt for Ricke began immediately and he was eventually taken into custody approximately 110 miles northwest near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, shortly before midnight. According to a release from the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, Ricke was taken into custody without incident at 29000 210th St. in rural Sleepy Eye.

Ricke has been charged with first-degree murder and will be extradited back to Kossuth County. As of Thursday, Ricke was being held in the Brown County, Minnesota, Jail on a $1 million bond. He is also charged with fugitive from justice in Brown County, according to the Brown County Jail Roster Report.

Kyle L. Ricke

According to the criminal complaint against Ricke, Cram was serving an arrest warrant on Ricke when the suspect took a handgun and shot the officer. After shooting, Ricke allegedly yelled “Too late motherf—-“ and “I did it cause I am tired of this s–.”

Ricke was also charged with third-degree harassment, a simple misdemeanor, in Kossuth County last month. According to court records, Ricke had an initial appearance for the charge in Kossuth County Magistrate Court on Wednesday morning. He is accused of sending multiple text messages and making several phone calls to an ex-partner who had requested that he not contact her. He was arrested on Aug. 28.

Details about the warrant from Palo Alto County that Cram was attempting to serve were not available by press time on Thursday.

The press release from the Brown County Sheriff’s Office lists several assisting law enforcement agencies, including the Minnesota State Patrol, Iowa Department of Public Safety, Minnesota State Patrol Air Unit, Sleepy Eye Police Department, Iowa State Patrol and FBI. The Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office and Algona Police Department were also involved.

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The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation assists in the investigation into the Wednesday evening shooting that took the life of Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram.

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Law enforcement continue to process the scene of a fatal shooting at 1102 S. Minnesota St. in Algona on Thursday morning. Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram was fatally shot while attempting to serve an arrest warrant at the residence on Wednesday evening.

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Barricades block the road to 1101 S. Minnesota St. in Algona the morning following a fatal shooting that left Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram dead.