Incident leads to Triton lockdown Friday

An incident in Dodge Center caused Triton Public Schools to go into a lockdown Friday afternoon. 

Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose released the following statement on Friday night: 

“On February 6th, 2026 at approximately 0127PM, Dodge County Dispatch received a call from a

party at 202 3rd Street NE in Dodge Center reporting that his room-mate was armed,

intoxicated, and threatening to shoot others and himself. Caller identified the suspect as 46-

year-old Michael Majerus and stated that Majerus had multiple firearms in the house.

The first Deputy arrived on scene at approximately 0130PM. Majerus was outside of the house

with what appeared to be a high caliber rifle leaning up against the front of a vehicle next to

him in the driveway. The deputy made verbal contact with Majerus who was agitated and

refused to walk away from the firearm. Majerus eventually picked up the rifle and was walking

around the front of the house making comments that he wanted deputies to shoot him.

Deputies continued to talk to him to try and negotiate with him to give up and put the rifle

down.

Deputies on scene requested assistance from Kasson Police and Minnesota State Patrol

Troopers who quickly responded to the area and helped establish a perimeter around the

residence to keep the incident contained to that property. During this incident the Dodge

County School Resource Deputy, who was on duty at the Triton School, advised them to go into

a secure lockdown which they did at 0135PM.

At approximately 0204PM Majerus went back into the house with the rifle. Deputies were

advised that Majerus’s two adult sons were in the house. At 0207PM one of the sons came

outside and indicated that the other son had tackled the subject and was holding him down in

the house. The two closest deputies immediately responded into the house and took Majerus

into custody.

Majerus was transported to St Mary’s Hospital in Rochester to be evaluated and then held at

the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center pending formal charges from the County

Attorney’s Office.

There were no shots fired during this incident, no injuries to anyone involved, and the incident

was contained to the Majerus property. The Triton School lockdown was cancelled shortly after

he was taken into custody.

The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Kasson Police Department and Minnesota State

Patrol for their quick response and assistance, the Dodge Center Ambulance Service for their

assistance, and the quick thinking of his adult son who tackled him in the home until deputies

could get inside. This incident could have ended tragically without his son’s heroic actions.”

Triton Goes Into SECURE

According to Triton Superintendent Luke Lutterman, at approximately 1:35 p.m. Trtion was "notified by Dodge County law enforcement to enter a Secure. We made the announcement and notified our families. This was due to an incident that was not school-related but was in Dodge Center. During a Secure, all exterior doors are locked, and normal school activities continue inside the building. We were then notified by law enforcement at 2:14 PM that we could resume normal operations."