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Suspect Arrested in Minnesota Shootings March 28, 2005 11:17 PM EST RED LAKE, Minn. - The teenage son of the tribal chairman has been arrested in connection with last week's shootings on a Minnesota Indian reservation, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said Monday. Louis Jourdain, son of Floyd Jourdain Jr. and a student at Red Lake High School, where most of the killings took place, was arrested Sunday, the source told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity. Nine people were killed in last Monday's attacks before 16-year-old gunman Jeff Weise, also a student at...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - (KRT) - The teenage son of Red Lake Nation tribal chairman Floyd Jourdain has been arrested on federal charges stemming from last week's deadly school shooting on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Louis Jourdain, 15, a student at Red Lake Senior High School where Jeff Weise fatally shot five students, a teacher, a security guard, his grandfather and the grandfather's companion before killing himself March 21, was taken into custody Sunday evening, according to sources with knowledge of the arrest. One of the sources, who spoke on the condition his name not be used, said Jourdain...

RED LAKE, Minn. - A juvenile has been arrested in last week's shooting rampage on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, federal authorities said Monday. They would not say how the juvenile was believed to be connected to the attack, which left 10 people dead, including the 16-year-old gunman. U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger said the juvenile was arrested Sunday, but declined to give any details, including the age and gender of the juvenile. Heffelfinger said federal law required him to withhold the details. The gunman, Jeff Weise, a student with a history of depression, shot to death his grandfather and the...

Federal authorities in the United States have announced the arrest of a juvenile in connection to last week’s shooting rampage at a high school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Officials would not say how the youth was involved in the attack, which left 10 people dead, including the 16-year-old gunman. US Attorney Tom Heffelfinger said the juvenile had been arrested a day earlier, but declined to reveal any further details, including the age or gender of the youth. Investigators said last week that Jeff Weise had acted alone in the shooting, which shocked the tightly-knit community, in the northern...