Phouttasa PrathaneFERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR)– A man who pleaded guilty to attempted murder and burglary for shooting a woman who had a protection order against him near Pelican Rapids, is sentenced to 15 years in prison. 36-year-old Phoutthasa Prathane fled after the shooting in April but was later arrested following a high-speed pursuit in Redwood County, Minnesota. He later admitted…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP/KVRR) — A judge has refused to reduce the life sentence for a North Dakota man who was a teen when he fatally shot his parents, brother and sister in 1992. South Central District Judge Bobbi Weiler said in a 22-page order filed Wednesday that a law regarding sentence reductions went into effect after Michael Neugebauer’s sentence was…
WAUKESHA, Wis. – A jury has convicted a Fargo man of shooting two Wisconsin police officers. Twenty-five-year-old Nathanael Benton was found guilty Thursday of first-degree attempted homicide, reckless endangerment and being a felon in possession of a firearm after a three-day trial. Benton testified during the trial that he had shot someone in Fargo a week earlier, fled to Indiana…
PINE POINT, Minn. (KVRR) — The shooting of a man late Friday night in Pine Point, Minnesota is under investigation. That is about 25 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes. Becker County authorities say 44-year-old Brian Bloom of Ponsford was first taken to the hospital in Detroit Lakes before being airlifted to a Fargo hospital. They say his condition is unknown….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police arrest a suspect involved in an early morning shooting downtown. Police say 21-year-old Angel Milete, of Fargo, was found in an apartment in South Fargo before 1:30 this afternoon. Milete was arrested for aggravated assault with a firearm. Police say around 1:00 this morning, they responded to a report of gunshots at the intersection…
Courtesy: GoFundMeUPDATE – We are learning new details about the woman and baby shot by the baby’s father Wednesday at Plaza Azteca restaurant in Fargo. A GoFundMe account is raising money for 21-year-old Lucia Garcia and seven-month-old Dominique. They write Lucia had surgery to repair an artery which caused her to lose almost all of her blood. She is in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Plaza Azteca, the Fargo restaurant where a woman and her baby were shot on Wednesday, is reopening on Friday. The restaurant was closed today in honor of the victims and its workers. They are hosting a fundraiser Friday with 50% of the proceeds going to the shooting victims, who are recovering in the hospital. Fargo Police…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR-UPDATE 7PM) — Shortly after the shooting at Plaza Azteca, someone inside Sheyenne High School heard bits and pieces of what was happening, panicked and called 9-1-1 to report a shooter at the school. That’s according to West Fargo Public School officials. Hundreds of people attending an all-city track meet were being ushered into the school as…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A person alleged to have exchanged gunfire with police officers in Bismarck Monday morning was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound. It’s not clear if the shot that killed the man came from police, or was self-inflicted. Bismarck police were investigating a stolen motor vehicle around 9:00am in a trailer park when an individual fled…
LYND, Minn. – Authorities say a 9-year-old girl has died after she was accidentally shot at a home in southwestern Minnesota. According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened Monday afternoon at a residence near Lynd, a town southwest of Marshal. The girl was taken by air to a hospital and died Tuesday. She has not been identified….
