Attempted Murder Charges Filed Against Plymouth Man Arrested in Clark County

Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 -- 6:23 AM

A 26-year-old Plymouth, MN man is accused of shooting his girlfriend in the head after a birthday party at his home, and then attempting to flee to Wisconsin.

Austin Robert LeClaire's 23-year-old girlfriend remains in critical condition as of Friday, with "permanent, serious, life-threatening injuries" following the shooting on Nov. 25. according to an update from the Plymouth Police Department (MN).

On the evening of the shooting, police were called to LeClaire's home on the 14300 block of 40th Place North, where the victim was found in the garage with blood pooled around her.

As they approached, officers were flagged down by a neighbor who had LeClaire on the phone. LeClaire told police he was at work when the shooting happened and he'd be home "in 20 minutes."

After over an hour passed, police found LeClaire's location via cell phone data, watching him travel east into Wisconsin, before a Clark County Sheriff's deputy conducted a traffic stop and arrested him.

Although police didn't recover a gun, they found numerous ammunition boxes, loose rounds and three loaded magazines inside LeClaire's vehicle. LeClaire admitted to dissembling the gun and throwing the pieces outside his car window as he was driving on Hwy 29 in Wisconsin.

(Tommy Wiita - Bring Me The News)

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