Tag: Louis Jourdain

Tribe leader’s son faces 2 federal charges in reservation shootings:

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Louis Jourdain, son of Red Lake tribal leader Floyd Jourdain Jr., is being charged with two federal charges in connection with the Red Lake shootings. However, since Louis Jourdain is a juvenile, the nature of the charges have not been released.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press is trying to get the records made public…

After reporters were excluded from initial court hearings for the youth in Duluth, Minn., attorneys for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and its sister paper, the Duluth News Tribune, filed motions to open the court proceedings and unseal the records.

The newspapers argued that while juvenile cases are normally private, the newsworthiness of this case made it unique. “It’s not a run-of-the-mill juvenile case,” said Joseph J. Roby Jr., the Duluth attorney who represented the papers.

Teen Held In Red Lake Rampage:

According to the article, federal investigators have seized computer records from Louis Jourdain that allegedly show he had advance knowledge of the attack…

But The Washington Post, citing two unidentified law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation, reported Tuesday that the teenager was suspected of helping Weise plan the assault and had expected to take part.

In addition to Louis Jourdain, another red lake student and close friend of Weiss was questioned extensively over the weekend, as were two to three other young people authorities also consider may have been involved, Murphy reports.

U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that he couldn’t “confirm or deny” that the shootings by Weise were part of a larger attack planned on the high school. He added that the investigation is ongoing in Red Lake and the Twin Cities.

God help this kid if he had prior knowledge of the attack and chose not to do anything about it.

Son of Tribal Leader Arrested:

The son of tribal chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr., Louis Jourdain, was arrested Sunday in connection with an investigation into a potentially wider plot in connection with the Red Lake High School shootings.

From the article…

NBC’s Justice Department reporter Pete Williams was told that investigators are looking into whether there was a conspiracy, involving more than just Jeff Weise himself. There are some suggestions; the officials say that the original plan may have called for a bigger attack on the school involving more than just a single student.

More arrests may be forthcoming.