comes to officers involved in shootings.

Messages left for Waldon by ABCNews.com were not immediately returned.

Skoogman declined to comment on the department's protocol when it comes to plainclothes officers identifying themselves, but did say that Waldon had his badge clipped to his belt at the time of the incident, which lasted approximately 20 minutes.

He added that Waldon had called for backup in the form of a marked police car, but that it did not arrive until the shooting had already occurred.

According to KSTP, records show that Heilman had 17 convictions between 2002 and 2008, crimes that including everything from littering to underage consumption to assault to possession of marijuana.

Despite Heilman's checkered past, his father Mark Heilman told Minnesota's Star Tribune newspaper that his son was turning his life aroundand was planning on starting a landscaping job in August.

"He got along with everyone, he had so many friends," said Heilman's uncle, speaking on behalf of his brother and Tyler's father, Mark Heilman, who was meeting with lawyers.

"He liked to be outside and there was a lot of love there for his son, Haydin," he said. "It's a tragedy and this shouldn't have happened."