Fall trial expected for Duluth officer charged in downtown shooting
A formal trial date has not been set, but attorneys told Judge Sally Tarnowski that the case could be ready to go before a jury later this year. 4:41 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 ×
Tyler Leibfried
A fall trial is likely for a Duluth police officer who shot an unarmed man through the door of a downtown apartment last year.
Tyler Foster Leibfried, 29, of Hermantown, is charged with two felonies in the September incident that left 23-year-old Jared Fyle with a bullet lodged in his back. Leibfried appeared for a brief virtual hearing in State District Court on Thursday, with attorneys telling Judge Sally Tarnowski they expect the case to go to a jury.
Police did not find a weapon on school property or in the juvenile s home.
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Duluth police squads were parked outside Duluth East High School on April 13, 2021, after ammunition was found in a student s locker. (File / Adelle Whitefoot / News Tribune)
The 16-year-old Duluth East High School student who was taken into custody Tuesday for alleged possession of ammunition has been charged.
The student made his first appearance in Sixth District Court on Wednesday after being charged with possession of ammunition by a minor. He was still being held in the Arrowhead Juvenile Center as of Thursday morning, St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin said. Public defense is representing the juvenile.
Heaven Heinzer-Clark, a 15-year-old student on the Iron Range, traveled more than 70 miles south to stand in the morning rain and protest outside of the St. Louis County Courthouse in Duluth.
She had a lot on her mind. She has been watching the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis cop charged in the death of George Floyd. And she just learned that police officers in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright on Sunday.
She considered the publicity surrounding the deaths of these two men and thought about the general lack of media coverage or interest concerning the death of Estavon Elioff, a 19-year-old Hispanic man from the Range city of Virginia, who was shot and killed by two white St. Louis County Sheriffâs deputies in Mountain Iron on Dec. 5, 2020.
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Judge upholds Duluth officer s shooting charges
Tyler Leibfried will face a jury at a yet-undetermined date to decide if he was justified in shooting a man through an apartment door in response to what he believed to be gunshots. 6:56 pm, Mar. 15, 2021 ×
Tyler Leibfried
There is sufficient cause for a Duluth police officer to stand trial on felony firearm charges stemming from the shooting of an unarmed man through the door of a downtown apartment, a judge ruled Monday.
Sixth Judicial District Judge Sally Tarnowski denied Tyler Foster Leibfried s motion to dismiss counts of intentionally and recklessly discharging a firearm in the September incident that left 23-year-old Jared Fyle with a bullet lodged in his back.