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North Dakota sheriff says ‘dispute between brothers’ led to triple murder-suicide
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A “dispute between brothers” led to 59-year-old Robert Bracken allegedly killing his personal son, brother, and one other man earlier than turning the gun on himself in a North Dakota wheat area on Aug. 29, Towner County Sheriff Andrew Hillier mentioned Friday.
Robert Bracken was working the harvest within the northeastern a part of the state together with his brother, 64-year-old Richard Bracken, and his son, 34-year-old Justin Bracken. The sector was owned by 56-year-old Douglas Dulmage, who was additionally killed.
The dispute that led as much as the capturing had been “escalating for per week or extra,” the sheriff mentioned.
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Proof on the scene indicated that Robert Bracken shot and killed the three males with a .357 caliber revolver earlier than taking his personal life. He was in possession of the gun and had a deadly self-inflicted gunshot wound, in accordance with the sheriff.
This October 2020 photograph supplied by Pat Traynor exhibits Douglas Dulmage, who was shot and killed on his farm on Aug. 29 close to Cando, North Dakota.
(Pat Traynor through AP, File)
Dulmage was a member of the North Dakota Farm Bureau and served as president for the Benson County Farm Bureau
“It’s laborious to know why one thing like this might occur in a rural farming neighborhood,” North Dakota Farm Bureau President Daryl Lies mentioned in an announcement.
“When evil presents itself, it may be devastating however we should bear in mind there’s extra good than evil in our world. Doug’s dedication to agriculture and love for his household will ceaselessly be remembered.”
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The Brackens had been from Leeds, which is about 20 miles southwest of the scene of the triple murder-suicide in Cando.