little falls shooting

Court documents say a Little Falls teenager who was killed after he broke into a home on Thanksgiving Day had burglarized the same property twice in the months before he was shot.

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The Morrison County Sheriff says they've found evidence that links the two teens who were shot and killed on Thanksgiving Day to another another burglary. Sheriff Michel Wetzel says a search of their red Mitsubishi Eclipse found items reported stolen in the burglary.

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Local officials knew the grisly killings of two teenagers who broke into a man's Little Falls home on Thanksgiving Day would stir up strong emotions. Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel says his office has received several calls, some critical of the fact that Byron Smith was charged with murder.

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A joint funeral will be held Saturday for two teens who were killed in a Little Falls home. Eighteen-year-old Haile Kifer of Little Falls and 17-year-old Nick Brady of Randall were shot multiple times.

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A Little Falls man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two teenagers he says broke into his home. Sixty-four year old Byron Smith was charged in Morrison County Court this (Monday) morning.

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The home of a Minnesota man held in the shooting deaths of two teenage cousins has been burglarized at least once before. Byron David Smith of Little Falls told police he shot 18-year-old Haile Kifer and 17-year-old Nicholas Brady during a break-in Thursday.

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Two teenagers shot and killed in a home near Little Falls have been identified. School officials say the victims were cousins, 18-year-old Haile Kifer and 17-year-old Nicholas Brady.

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Morrison County prosecutors have charged a Hutchinson man with second degree murder in the early Monday shooting death of a Little Falls man. 36-year-old Jason Dominguez is accused of shooting 30-year-old Dustin Brown seven times after a fight about money.

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A prosecutor has concluded that law officers were justified when they used deadly force against a Little Falls man following a standoff in December. Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan released his review Thursday of the shooting death of 37-year-old Patrick Jeske.

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