NICHOLAS POITRA

Belcourt Man Gets Life For Deadly 2023 Bar Shooting in Sheyenne, N.D.

May 30, 2024

TJ Nelson,

EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Nicholas Poitra of Belcourt, North Dakota is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for shooting and killing a man in a bar last year. Poitra was sentenced Wednesday in Eddy County on a long list of charges including murder and terrorizing. 30-year-old Troyal Thumb was shot and killed inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar after…

Sheyenne, N.D. bar shooting suspect caught

February 21, 2023

KVRR Staff,

UPDATE – A man wanted for the deadly shooting of a man at a Sheyenne, North Dakota bar has been caught. Nicholas Poitra was spotted by a farmer in Eddy County around noon. The farmer held him at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived and Poitra was taken to Lake Region Law Enforcement Center in Devils Lake. EDDY CO., N.D….