BELCOURT, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — An armed suicidal man is dead after being shot by officers on Turtle Mountain Reservation.
Officers from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Turtle Mountain Agency responded to a home on Sunday morning west of Belcourt on a report of a suicidal man with a weapon.
During the response shots were fired and the man died at the scene.
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Chairman Jamie Azure says it was an isolated event, the scene is secure and there is no threat to the public.
The shooting is under investigation by the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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