North Dakota
Towner County Sheriff confirms four dead in shooting in rural northeast North Dakota
TOWNER COUNTY — Towner County Sheriff Andy Hellier on Tuesday morning confirmed that 4 persons are useless following a taking pictures incident on a farm west of Maza, North Dakota, on Monday, Aug. 29.
No different particulars have been instantly out there on Tuesday morning, together with the names of those that died, however extra info could also be launched later within the day.
On Monday night, the Towner County Sheriff’s Workplace posted on Fb — at roughly 8:30 — that deputies and the North Dakota Bureau of Felony Investigation have been investigating against the law scene, however famous that there is no such thing as a identified danger to public security.
Maza, North Dakota, was a tiny city in southwest Towner County, simply northwest of Devils Lake. In keeping with Grand Forks Herald archives, the city was dissolved in 2002 when its inhabitants was 5.
Different close by cities embody Cando to the north, in addition to Niles and Leeds to the southwest. It is simply northwest of Devils Lake, and about 117 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks.