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New Town slaying victims shot with hunting rifle
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Autopsy reports show that a New Town woman and three of her grandchildren found slain in their home earlier this month were gunned down with a hunting rifle.
Tuesday, November, 27, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Autopsy reports show that a New Town woman and three of her grandchildren found slain in their home earlier this month were gunned down with a hunting rifle.
Tuesday, November, 27, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Officials ID 'person of interest' in ND slayings
Officials said the man who committed suicide in front of police lived a block away from a woman and her three grandchildren who were fatally shot in their home on a North Dakota reservation.
Tuesday, November, 20, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Officials said the man who committed suicide in front of police lived a block away from a woman and her three grandchildren who were fatally shot in their home on a North Dakota reservation.
Tuesday, November, 20, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Counselors help students deal with ND killings
Counselors are helping students in two North Dakota communities cope with the weekend slayings of three children and their grandmother in New Town.
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Counselors are helping students in two North Dakota communities cope with the weekend slayings of three children and their grandmother in New Town.
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Benefit funds started for murder victims’ families
Two benefit funds have been established for the families of victims in last weekend’s murders in New Town, N.D. Benjamin Schuster, 13, Julia Schuster, 10, Luke Schuster, 6, and their grandmother, Martha Johnson, 64, were killed Sunday in Johnson’s home. The Schuster children grew up in the Warsaw, N.D., area before moving to New Town earlier this year to live with their grandparents. Their parents are Kevin and Rebecca Schuster of Minto, N.D.
Saturday, November, 24, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Two benefit funds have been established for the families of victims in last weekend’s murders in New Town, N.D. Benjamin Schuster, 13, Julia Schuster, 10, Luke Schuster, 6, and their grandmother, Martha Johnson, 64, were killed Sunday in Johnson’s home. The Schuster children grew up in the Warsaw, N.D., area before moving to New Town earlier this year to live with their grandparents. Their parents are Kevin and Rebecca Schuster of Minto, N.D.
Saturday, November, 24, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Grief counselor on hand for New Town community
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — A grief counselor who provided support to a Minnesota reservation following a deadly shooting spree and victims of the Oklahoma City bombing is in New Town to help the community deal with the death of four residents.
Sunday, November, 25, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — A grief counselor who provided support to a Minnesota reservation following a deadly shooting spree and victims of the Oklahoma City bombing is in New Town to help the community deal with the death of four residents.
Sunday, November, 25, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Nearby barricade situation prompts New Town schools into lockdown
NEW TOWN, N.D. – Schools in New Town are in lockdown today while law enforcement responds to a barricade situation in a neighborhood near the high school.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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NEW TOWN, N.D. – Schools in New Town are in lockdown today while law enforcement responds to a barricade situation in a neighborhood near the high school.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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New Town deaths reverberate in Minto, N.D.
Counselors spent Monday and Tuesday at Minto Public School, helping students cope with the weekend deaths of three children who, until this year, were their classmates.
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Counselors spent Monday and Tuesday at Minto Public School, helping students cope with the weekend deaths of three children who, until this year, were their classmates.
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Lack of information on ND slayings frustrates some
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — Some residents of a North Dakota reservation say they are frustrated with the lack of information surrounding the deaths earlier this week of a grandmother and her three grandchildren.
Thursday, November, 22, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — Some residents of a North Dakota reservation say they are frustrated with the lack of information surrounding the deaths earlier this week of a grandmother and her three grandchildren.
Thursday, November, 22, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Autopsy reports: Hunting rifle used in New Town shootings
A hunting rifle was used in the homicides that killed a New Town grandmother and three children, according to autopsy reports. Documents from the State Forensic Medical Examiner’s Office state that Martha Johnson, 64, and her grandson Ben Schuster, 13, died from a gunshot wounds to the head from a .25-06 rifle.
Wednesday, November, 28, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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A hunting rifle was used in the homicides that killed a New Town grandmother and three children, according to autopsy reports. Documents from the State Forensic Medical Examiner’s Office state that Martha Johnson, 64, and her grandson Ben Schuster, 13, died from a gunshot wounds to the head from a .25-06 rifle.
Wednesday, November, 28, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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3 children slain in North Dakota home laid to rest
WARSAW, N.D. (AP) — Stuffed animals adorned the stained-glass windows Thursday inside a large North Dakota church nicknamed the "Cathedral on the Prairie" as hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to three children gunned down in their grandmother's home on the other side of the state.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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WARSAW, N.D. (AP) — Stuffed animals adorned the stained-glass windows Thursday inside a large North Dakota church nicknamed the "Cathedral on the Prairie" as hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to three children gunned down in their grandmother's home on the other side of the state.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Update: Nearby barricade situation prompts New Town schools into lockdown
NEW TOWN, N.D. – An armed man wanted on drugs charges has barricaded himself inside a New Town home, causing neighboring homes to be evacuated and heightened security at nearby schools.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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NEW TOWN, N.D. – An armed man wanted on drugs charges has barricaded himself inside a New Town home, causing neighboring homes to be evacuated and heightened security at nearby schools.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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New Town students offer support to Newtown, Conn.
Students from New Town, N.D., share more than a similar name with Newtown, Conn. They, too, faced heartbreaking loss this year with the shooting deaths of classmates.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Students from New Town, N.D., share more than a similar name with Newtown, Conn. They, too, faced heartbreaking loss this year with the shooting deaths of classmates.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Counselors help students deal with ND killings
MINTO, N.D. (AP) — Counselors are helping students in two North Dakota communities cope with the weekend slayings of three children and their grandmother in New Town.
Thursday, November, 22, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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MINTO, N.D. (AP) — Counselors are helping students in two North Dakota communities cope with the weekend slayings of three children and their grandmother in New Town.
Thursday, November, 22, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Murdered grandmother honored at funeral
Hundreds of mourners filled a tiny northwest North Dakota church for the funeral of a 64-year-old woman shot to death with three of her grandchildren last week in their New Town home. Martha Johnson was remembered Monday as a civic-minded, churchgoing woman who loved life and her family, said the Rev. Grant Patterson, the family’s pastor.
Tuesday, November, 27, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Hundreds of mourners filled a tiny northwest North Dakota church for the funeral of a 64-year-old woman shot to death with three of her grandchildren last week in their New Town home. Martha Johnson was remembered Monday as a civic-minded, churchgoing woman who loved life and her family, said the Rev. Grant Patterson, the family’s pastor.
Tuesday, November, 27, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Schools locked down during incident
An armed man wanted on drug charges barricaded himself inside a New Town home Wednesday, causing neighboring homes to be evacuated and heightened security at nearby schools.
Thursday, December, 20, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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An armed man wanted on drug charges barricaded himself inside a New Town home Wednesday, causing neighboring homes to be evacuated and heightened security at nearby schools.
Thursday, December, 20, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Standoff ends in New Town, N.D.
Law enforcement used a front-end loader to break into a New Town home and end a standoff with an armed man Thursday morning. New Town Police Chief Art Walgren said the heavy equipment was used shortly before 10 a.m. to “dismantle the house” to end the standoff that lasted more than 24 hours.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Law enforcement used a front-end loader to break into a New Town home and end a standoff with an armed man Thursday morning. New Town Police Chief Art Walgren said the heavy equipment was used shortly before 10 a.m. to “dismantle the house” to end the standoff that lasted more than 24 hours.
Friday, December, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Community still in shock after New Town shooting
With their community still in shock after a shooting that left a grandmother and three of her grandchildren dead Sunday, the communities of New Town and the Three Affiliated Tribes continued picking up the pieces two days later.
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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With their community still in shock after a shooting that left a grandmother and three of her grandchildren dead Sunday, the communities of New Town and the Three Affiliated Tribes continued picking up the pieces two days later.
Wednesday, November, 21, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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Children slain in New Town laid to rest
The bells of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church rang over the snowy cemetery here Thursday as the bodies of a sister and two brothers slain together last week in New Town, N.D., were laid to rest side-by-side in matching caskets.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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The bells of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church rang over the snowy cemetery here Thursday as the bodies of a sister and two brothers slain together last week in New Town, N.D., were laid to rest side-by-side in matching caskets.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - The Jamestown Sun - News
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