Rochester Police

A statement sharing limited details on the incident was released Wednesday night. The ordeal began around 5 p.m. in northwest Rochester.

The La Crosse Police Department tipped off Rochester police to the wanted man’s presence in Rochester.

The court document says the alleged crime spree occurred on the morning of January 3.

Responding fire crews reported seeing smoke filling the upstairs of the two-story home.

The criminal complaint, filed in Olmsted County Court on Monday, says the shooting occurred on January 30.

The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine Sherzai’s cause of death.

The warrant was filed in Olmsted County Court on Friday.

The criminal complaint says the drug bust occurred during a traffic stop in Rochester in November of 2024.

The first occurred in Rochester in late April 2024 and the second happened southeast of Rochester in September of that year.

The court document says he had an active arrest warrant for a 2025 DWI case at the time of the alleged fleeing incident.