an apartment complex parking lot.

When Heilman allegedly resisted arrest, according to police, Waldron tried to "detain" him and a physical confrontation began.

"If he would have identified himself and said, 'Hey, I'm an officer' and said, 'Hey, listen to me this is what's going on,' my friend would have stopped," said Hoehn.

Hoehn said Heilman eventually realized Waldron was an officer when he saw Waldron's badge's on his belt.

"Tyler got on top of him, seen that he had a badge finally, stepped back like this and the guy sprung up and fired three shots," Hoehn said.

According to Andy Skoogman, the spokesman for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that is leading the investigation into Heilman's shooting, the young man had been violating traffic laws immediately prior to his death.

"Waldon hasbeen in the area working on an unrelated case when he spotted Heilman's vehicle driving erratically and at times at high rates of speed," said Skoogman. "At one time the car had gone up a steep embankment."

Police Admit No Weapon Found at Scene of Shooting

It was not immediately clear whether Heilman had been under the influence of alcohol at the time and Skoogman said toxicology reports and an autopsy are underway.

Skoogman confirmed that no weapons had been found at the scene of the crime and that Heilman had, in fact, been wearing only shorts and no shirt when he was shot.

Waldon, a 10-year veteran of the Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office, is on paid administrative leave, a move Skoogman said is not disciplinary but entirely "normal" when it