Another arrest in Minnesota school shooting
Monday, March 28, 2005
News spread in the Red Lake community today as funerals for Jeff Weise and three of the nine victims were held that another student was arrested in connection with the school shootings of March 21. Authorities said little officially beyond confirming today's arrest. However, a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that it was Louis Jourdain, 16-year old son of Red Lake Tribal Chairman Floyd Jourdain. It is not known at this time what charges will be laid or what led authorities to the boy but juvenile proceedings have begun in federal court.
Last Tuesday, investigators had said that Weise had acted alone and his motives were unknown though he suffered from depression and expressed interest in Nazism.
Sources
[edit]- David Chanen. "Tribal chairman's son arrested in Red Lake school shootings" — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, March 29, 2005
- 5 Eyewitness News. "Chairman's son arrested in shooting" — KSTP-TV, March 28, 2005
- Steve Karnowski. "Juvenile Arrested in Minn. School Shooting" — Associated Press, March 28, 2005
- "Juvenile arrested in connection with school shootings" — jeffweise.com, March 28, 2005
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