LAKE LILLIAN, Minn. — The 64-year-old man who died Tuesday in rural Lake Lillian from a reported accidental firearm discharge has been identified as Steven Coulston.
According to a news release issued Thursday evening by Detective Sgt. Kent Bauman of the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office, the circumstances surrounding the shooting death remain under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.
The incident occurred in the 10000 block of 165th Avenue Southeast northwest of Lake Lillian.
According to an earlier news release, the Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, and the caller said a man had been shot in the head and killed when a firearm discharged accidentally.