Man charged with breaking into Sherburne County Government Center with shotgun, firing shots

After firing a shotgun and getting into the closed Sherburne County Leadership Center on Saturday morning Zha Kong Vang checked several locked doors and went back outside where he approached motorists while carrying the gun and a knife charges say The criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Sherburne County District Court against Vang of Elk River does not say whether he agreed to an interview with law enforcement afterward No motive is mentioned Zha Kong Vang Courtesy of the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office The complaint says video surveillance from inside the building in Elk River shows Vang trying to gain access to the locked court area He then checked locked doors in a hallway that leads to the law enforcement and jail areas of the building which includes more than federal detainees and inmates According to the complaint Just before a m a jail employee called dispatch and revealed that a male had just broken through a door of the executive center located on U S west of U S and was walking around the building with a gun About three minutes later dispatch received a call from a woman who announced that she and her daughter were parked in the lot when a man holding a long gun walked up to her car and hit it several times She later stated to law enforcement that she thought she and her child were about to die the complaint states Cmdr Ben Zawacki and Capt Ryan Broich of the Sherburne County Sheriff s Office responded and saw Vang walking on the north side of the building while carrying a long gun After repeated commands to drop the gun Vang placed it on the ground and was arrested He also had a large sheathed knife similar in size to a machete Video surveillance indicated Vang shooting out a door window then firing a second shot at an interior window in the building causing damage to another window and desk area Once inside the building s second set of doors video surveillance proved Vang unsuccessfully trying to get through doors and a hallway After he left through another door he fired a round at a maintenance building that damaged exterior and interior walls Video manifested Vang approach the woman s car and strike the front guest window four times with the barrel and butt of the firearm before she backed out and left the lot Related Articles Letters With claims of more huge fraud in Minnesota these questions come to mind Ringleader gets -year term in robbery of gambler s casino winnings outside Mahtomedi home Baby dies from bacterial meningitis in dirty house with black mold sheriff s office says Ecuadorian drug lord Fito pleads not guilty after being extradited to New York Vance Boelter s life before the Minnesota shootings Video also established Vang approach a county van parked in the lot and slash the front tire flattening it He then approached a car while carrying the shotgun in his left hand and the knife in his right hand He jabbed the knife into the open window of the car at the face neck area of the driver who sped away The driver informed law enforcement that he heard someone yelling as he left the executive center but paid no attention He commented he was in his car with his window half open looked up and saw a man yelling at him while holding a machete The man jabbed the machete fully into his car toward his face The man stated that he drove off because he was scared and in a panic the complaint reported Law enforcement revealed Vang s car parked on an entrance sidewalk next to the establishment center An explosive detection K- and bomb technician were called to the scene and the car was cleared Vang was charged with first-degree burglary first-degree criminal damage to property possessing a dangerous weapon in a courthouse and three counts of second-degree assault