Sheriff: Man dead after 'serious assault' in Cass County

June 10, 2018 at 3:15AM

Authorities are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man on the Leech Lake reservation in Cass County.

Officers responded just before midnight Thursday to a report of a man being brought to the Cass Lake Indian Health Services hospital after a "serious assault," according to the Cass County Sheriff's Office. The man, of Cass Lake, died a short time later.

Authorities say they have searched two homes in Pike Bay Township. The Leech Lake Tribal police and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension continue to investigate.

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