Nearby Town Shaken After Four Dead In Northeastern North Dakota Murder Suicide Grand Forks Herald

Several residents the Herald spoke to did not want to go on record about the incident as they are still wrapping their minds around it, but said their thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of those involved. Local farmers gather to help harvest the fields belonging to those involved in the incident. A broken window in the cab of a John Deere combine is seen at the scene where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide in Towner County. Towner County Sheriff Andy Hillier said his department has never dealt with anything like this before. “This is a first,” said Hillier, who has been with the sheriff’s office since 2004. The shooting occurred on a farm west of Maza, North Dakota on Monday, August 29. Deputies were dispatched around 6pm Monday to a wheat field in the 6100 block of 66th Street Northeast for a report of four unresponsive people. Upon arrival, authorities found four bodies with gunshot wounds, the department said in a news release Tuesday. The news release said evidence from the scene indicated the incident was a murder-suicide. A firearm was found in the possession of one of the bodies. Hillier told Forum News Service that the four are believed to have worked together. The names of those involved are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released at a later date, the statement said. The motive behind the shooting is still under investigation, Hillier said. Farm equipment — some with bullet holes — remained at the scene during the day, but Hillier said all the evidence has been processed and it will be up to the family to decide what to do with the equipment next. “It’s a very big scene,” he said. Harvesting equipment remains at the scene in Towner County at the site where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide. Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and other local law enforcement assisted deputies from Towner County in the investigation. There is no known threat to the public, Hillier said. On Monday afternoon, the Towner County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook — at approximately 8:30 — that deputies and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation were investigating a crime scene. Maza, North Dakota, was a tiny town in southwestern Towner County, just northwest of Devils Lake. According to Grand Forks Herald records, the town was dissolved in 2002 when its population was five. Other nearby towns include Cando to the north, as well as Niles and Leeds to the southwest. It is located just northwest of Devils Lake and about 117 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks.

title: “Nearby Town Shaken After Four Dead In Northeastern North Dakota Murder Suicide Grand Forks Herald Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-15” author: “Phyllis Satchell”

Several residents the Herald spoke to did not want to go on record about the incident as they are still wrapping their minds around it, but said their thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of those involved. Local farmers gather to help harvest the fields belonging to those involved in the incident. A broken window in the cab of a John Deere combine is seen at the scene where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide in Towner County. Towner County Sheriff Andy Hillier said his department has never dealt with anything like this before. “This is a first,” said Hillier, who has been with the sheriff’s office since 2004. The shooting occurred on a farm west of Maza, North Dakota on Monday, August 29. Deputies were dispatched around 6pm Monday to a wheat field in the 6100 block of 66th Street Northeast for a report of four unresponsive people. Upon arrival, authorities found four bodies with gunshot wounds, the department said in a news release Tuesday. The news release said evidence from the scene indicated the incident was a murder-suicide. A firearm was found in the possession of one of the bodies. Hillier told Forum News Service that the four are believed to have worked together. The names of those involved are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released at a later date, the statement said. The motive behind the shooting is still under investigation, Hillier said. Farm equipment — some with bullet holes — remained at the scene during the day, but Hillier said all the evidence has been processed and it will be up to the family to decide what to do with the equipment next. “It’s a very big scene,” he said. Harvesting equipment remains at the scene in Towner County at the site where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide. Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and other local law enforcement assisted deputies from Towner County in the investigation. There is no known threat to the public, Hillier said. On Monday afternoon, the Towner County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook — at approximately 8:30 — that deputies and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation were investigating a crime scene. Maza, North Dakota, was a tiny town in southwestern Towner County, just northwest of Devils Lake. According to Grand Forks Herald records, the town was dissolved in 2002 when its population was five. Other nearby towns include Cando to the north, as well as Niles and Leeds to the southwest. It is located just northwest of Devils Lake and about 117 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks.

title: “Nearby Town Shaken After Four Dead In Northeastern North Dakota Murder Suicide Grand Forks Herald Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Sandra Hardy”

Several residents the Herald spoke to did not want to go on record about the incident as they are still wrapping their minds around it, but said their thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of those involved. Local farmers gather to help harvest the fields belonging to those involved in the incident. A broken window in the cab of a John Deere combine is seen at the scene where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide in Towner County. Towner County Sheriff Andy Hillier said his department has never dealt with anything like this before. “This is a first,” said Hillier, who has been with the sheriff’s office since 2004. The shooting occurred on a farm west of Maza, North Dakota on Monday, August 29. Deputies were dispatched around 6pm Monday to a wheat field in the 6100 block of 66th Street Northeast for a report of four unresponsive people. Upon arrival, authorities found four bodies with gunshot wounds, the department said in a news release Tuesday. The news release said evidence from the scene indicated the incident was a murder-suicide. A firearm was found in the possession of one of the bodies. Hillier told Forum News Service that the four are believed to have worked together. The names of those involved are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released at a later date, the statement said. The motive behind the shooting is still under investigation, Hillier said. Farm equipment — some with bullet holes — remained at the scene during the day, but Hillier said all the evidence has been processed and it will be up to the family to decide what to do with the equipment next. “It’s a very big scene,” he said. Harvesting equipment remains at the scene in Towner County at the site where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide. Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and other local law enforcement assisted deputies from Towner County in the investigation. There is no known threat to the public, Hillier said. On Monday afternoon, the Towner County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook — at approximately 8:30 — that deputies and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation were investigating a crime scene. Maza, North Dakota, was a tiny town in southwestern Towner County, just northwest of Devils Lake. According to Grand Forks Herald records, the town was dissolved in 2002 when its population was five. Other nearby towns include Cando to the north, as well as Niles and Leeds to the southwest. It is located just northwest of Devils Lake and about 117 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks.

title: “Nearby Town Shaken After Four Dead In Northeastern North Dakota Murder Suicide Grand Forks Herald Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-01” author: “Barbara Crowley”

Several residents the Herald spoke to did not want to go on record about the incident as they are still wrapping their minds around it, but said their thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of those involved. Local farmers gather to help harvest the fields belonging to those involved in the incident. A broken window in the cab of a John Deere combine is seen at the scene where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide in Towner County. Towner County Sheriff Andy Hillier said his department has never dealt with anything like this before. “This is a first,” said Hillier, who has been with the sheriff’s office since 2004. The shooting occurred on a farm west of Maza, North Dakota on Monday, August 29. Deputies were dispatched around 6pm Monday to a wheat field in the 6100 block of 66th Street Northeast for a report of four unresponsive people. Upon arrival, authorities found four bodies with gunshot wounds, the department said in a news release Tuesday. The news release said evidence from the scene indicated the incident was a murder-suicide. A firearm was found in the possession of one of the bodies. Hillier told Forum News Service that the four are believed to have worked together. The names of those involved are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released at a later date, the statement said. The motive behind the shooting is still under investigation, Hillier said. Farm equipment — some with bullet holes — remained at the scene during the day, but Hillier said all the evidence has been processed and it will be up to the family to decide what to do with the equipment next. “It’s a very big scene,” he said. Harvesting equipment remains at the scene in Towner County at the site where four people were killed in a reported murder-suicide. Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and other local law enforcement assisted deputies from Towner County in the investigation. There is no known threat to the public, Hillier said. On Monday afternoon, the Towner County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook — at approximately 8:30 — that deputies and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation were investigating a crime scene. Maza, North Dakota, was a tiny town in southwestern Towner County, just northwest of Devils Lake. According to Grand Forks Herald records, the town was dissolved in 2002 when its population was five. Other nearby towns include Cando to the north, as well as Niles and Leeds to the southwest. It is located just northwest of Devils Lake and about 117 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks.