**Action picks up at about the 6:45 mark** Burnsville, MN - Three Burnsville police officers were deemed legally justified in using deadly force in the shooting death of a Chaska man in a McDonald's parking lot in March. The Dakota County Grand Jury reached the conclusion Tuesday. On March 17, officers Taylor Jacobs, John Mott and Maksim Yakovlev were among the five officers who responded to a report of a male with a knife in a McDonald's parking lot at 2901 Minnesota Highway 13 in Burnsville. The officers observed the man-later identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner as 38-year-old Map Kong of Chaska, sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle, waving a knife. Kong ignored repeated orders by officers to drop the knife, according to authorities. As a result, the officers made the decision to deploy a Taser to incapacitate Kong. However, the Taser didn't have an effect on Kong and he exited the vehicle, knife still in hand. Jacobs, Mott and Yakovlev fired their weapons at that time, authorities said. Kong died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. A toxicology report revealed Kong tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine. The officers were then placed on administrative leave following the shooting. "Law enforcement officers are trained to protect and serve our communities each and every day. Unfortunately there are times when officers are placed in a situation where they must use deadly force to protect themselves and the public." Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said after the decision Tuesday. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Dakota County Sheriff's Office assisted in the investigation.
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