Man Serving Life for Medina, ND Shootout in 1983 Denied Early Release

“We believed that there is a reasonable probability that he will continue to commit crime upon release and that is the standard, the standard by which the parole commission looks at,” said Acting US Attorney Jennifer Puhl of Fargo.

Puhl said Faul has shown no remorse for the shooting deaths of US Marshal Ken Muir of Fargo and Deputy Marshal Robert Cheshire of Bismarck. Another deputy marshal was wounded as were a Stutsman County deputy and a Medina police officer. The marshals were attempting to serve a federal arrest warrant for tax protestor Gordon Kahl when the shots were fired.

Puhl said Faul is allowed to seek parole again in 2027.

“He will be eligible for another release hearing in two years, so January of 2027. Every two years he will eligible for a parole hearing because these are presumptive release hearings, he’s served over two-thirds of a life sentence, so by statute, every two years he is eligible for such a hearing.”

Faul, who’s 71, is now in low-security federal prison near Detroit, Michigan.