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Family member urges Moorhead council to seek independent review of 2009 shooting in public comment

5056958 · June 24, 2025
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Summary

A Moorhead resident urged the City Council on June 23 to seek independent reviews and civilian oversight after alleging that local officials failed to pursue justice in the 2009 shooting death of his brother.

At the June 23 Moorhead City Council meeting, resident Jeremy Laframboise delivered a public comment urging the council to confront what he described as failures by local law enforcement and the county attorney’s office in the investigation of his brother Joel’s 2009 shooting.

Laframboise identified his brother as a 17‑year‑old Native American who was shot and killed in Moorhead and accused the shooter, named in his remarks as Vernon Allen, and local officials of withholding…

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