(KSTP) – A man believed to have killed one person and abducted a pregnant woman, and her four children is now in custody following a search for him Friday morning.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said 35-year-old Chad Aanerud was taken into custody at 7:15 a.m. Friday following a traffic stop in Morrison County.

Inside his vehicle was a woman and her four children, who had been reportedly abducted hours earlier. All five were found unharmed.

According to the sheriff’s office, the kidnapping is connected to a fatal shooting that occurred in Maple Grove Township east of Brainerd.

Sheriff’s deputies say they responded to a shooting Iin the township on Loerich Road around 1:50 a.m. Friday, where they found 62-year-old Lyle Maske had been killed from a gunshot wound.

Aanerud was determined to be a suspect in Maske’s killing.

The sheriff’s office later learned that Aanerud had reportedly abducted his 33-year-old girlfriend and her four children ranging in age from 14 to 3 years old.

According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension(BCA), Aanerud had taken a rifle and fired a shot into the house the five had been staying at, forcing them to leave with him in his vehicle.

The incident triggered an amber alert for Minnesotans to be on the lookout for Aanerud and the five who had been taken.

At 7:15 a.m., Aanerud was pulled over during a traffic stop in Morrison County and taken into custody. All five of his reported abductees were found inside the vehicle unharmed.

The sheriff’s office says the investigation is still active and will release more information as they continue to investigate.

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Chad Aanerud has reportedly been taken into custody in Morrison County, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).

The BCA says the abducted mother and children were located and are safe.

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(KSTP) – The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has issued an amber alert for a pregnant mother and her four children after they were reportedly abducted at gunpoint Friday morning.

The BCA says the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance in locating 33-year-old Nikkole Dobson and her four children.

According to the BCA, Dobson and her children were taken by her boyfriend, 35-year-old Chad Aanerud, from a house they were staying at in Brainerd on the 15000 block of Loerch Road.

Aanerud reportedly arrived at the house around 1:50 a.m. and fired a rifle round into the ceiling of the residence, forcing Dobson and her children to leave with him.

Aanerud is believed to be driving a white 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan with license plate AEC 351. He is described as 6’2″, 185lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

The BCA says Aanerud is also a suspect in a fatal shooting from a separate nearby residence.

Dobson is pregnant, weighing 198 lbs, and is 5’7″ with green eyes and reddish brown hair. Her children are 14-year-old Brandon, 11-year-old Haley, 7-year-old Gracie and 3-year-old Chloe.

Anyone with information should call 911 and should not approach Aanerud if they encounter him.