A shooting in the first hour of the new year in northwestern Minnesota left one man dead and another in jail, officials said.
The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office said it was called about 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 1 about the gunfire in the 1700 block of Hwy. 75 in Wolverton, roughly 18 miles south of Moorhead.
According to the Sheriff’s Office:
Law enforcement responded to the scene and found the victim, who was pronounced dead by paramedics. Officials have yet to release his identity.
Witnesses disclosed the suspect’s name, and he was arrested that same morning.
The 26-year-old suspect from North Dakota remains in custody ahead of charges. The Minnesota Star Tribune generally does not identify suspects before they are charged.
“Investigators believe that the suspect and the victim knew each other,” read a Sheriff’s Office statement, which did not disclose any details about the circumstances leading up to the gunfire.
