Joseph L Charboneau, 31
Fort Totten, North Dakota
June 17, 2015
Agencies: Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI | Spirit Lake Police Department North Dakota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs North Dakota
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: over 4 years ago
Overview 
A police officer was involved in a shooting on the Spirit Lake Nation.
Few details are being released. Special Agent Cindy Burnham says, “That shooting is under investigation and the FBI is assisting with that investigation.”
It is unknown at this time if anyone was injured or killed in the shooting.
The Spirit Lake Police Department refused to comment.
FBI spokesman Kyle Loven says 31-year-old Joseph Charboneau was shot by Bureau of Indian Affairs officers on June 16.
Loven says the officers went to a residence to arrest another person, and got into an altercation where Charboneau was shot. Loven says no one else was hurt.
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- http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/CHARBONEAU added June 14, 2016 12:22
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- http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/017919.asp?print=1 added June 14, 2016 12:17
- http://www.valleynewslive.com/home/headlines/Man-Shot--Killed-by-BIA-Officers-on-Spirit-Lake-Reservation-309847431.html added June 14, 2016 12:08
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