The Star Tribune actually printed the following story. Apparently, the guys had carry permits, but that wasn't mentioned.
Another member of my yahoo group mentioned the following: The Duluth News Tribune has two versions. The older one mentions the fact that Matt and Scott were armed, the newer one, however, left that out. If you do a search of their website for "askov", it only pulls up one story. Coincidentally enough, it's
the one that doesn't mentioned that he was apprehended by armed men.
Similar results for the Pioneer Press.
Well, at least the most read paper in the Twin Cities got it right.
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http://startribune.com/stories/462/4842144.html
Teen held in father's shooting death
ASKOV, MINN. -- For more than four hours Tuesday, authorities searched this small town and the surrounding woods and prairie of Pine County looking for a boy who allegedly shot and killed his father earlier in the morning.
For more than four hours, the word was out that a 15-year-old boy was on the run.
So when the teenager appeared, armed with a gun, near Hwy. 23 just south of town early Tuesday afternoon, the three men working at a nearby auto shop -- Matt Gebhart, Scott Jorgensen and Brian Volk -- knew what to do.
They got their guns.
Minutes later, they surrounded the boy and talked him into dropping the gun. Deputies arrived a short time later and arrested the boy, identified by acquaintances as Dallas Wright, in connection with the shooting of his father, Norman R. Wright Jr., 47, on the front lawn of the family's home.
Pine County deputies at the scene.Bruce BispingStar TribuneDallas Wright is expected to appear in Pine County District Court today to be charged as a juvenile in connection with the crime.
"We have no idea what prompted it," Pine County Chief Deputy Steve Ovick said Tuesday.
"What possesses a 15-year-old to shoot his father?" Ovick said. "I don't know."
Wright family members declined to comment Tuesday as they gathered at a church not far from the family's home to meet with investigators.
Authorities, meanwhile, said little about what happened at the Wright house, located about 5 miles northwest of Askov. Ovick said he expected to be able to release more information about the incident today, after an autopsy.
The shooting was reported to police about 8:30 a.m. after one of Dallas' siblings called 911. Ovick said the boy's mother was at work in the Twin Cities and Dallas was home with his father and a younger sister and brother.
By the time authorities arrived at the house, the boy had fled in the family's SUV, Ovick said. He abandoned the vehicle several miles from the house.
Officers from the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the State Patrol and nearby Kanabec and Carlton counties gathered at the church to begin coordinating their manhunt.
Within the hour, a State Patrol helicopter was searching for Dallas, and news of what happened spread quickly throughout this city of 400 people, about 100 miles north of the Twin Cities.
As authorities searched the town and surrounding area, Gebhart and his coworkers were busy at his auto body shop about a mile south of Askov. Although they'd heard about the hunt on the police scanner, they weren't looking for the boy.
But when a neighbor called to say that a boy matching Dallas' description was walking on the road near the shop, about 6 miles south of the Wright home, Volk ducked into the woods to get a better look.
Gebhart and Jorgensen got their guns.
As Dallas drew near, Volk asked the boy where he was going. Dallas replied that he was going to the store.
Gebhart and Jorgensen, both armed, confronted the boy and asked him if he had a gun.
Dallas said, "Yeah," Volk said.
Gebhart then told the boy to drop his pistol. Volk told him to lie on the ground.
The teenager obeyed and stayed face down in the grass for a few minutes until authorities arrived to make the arrest.
"I just knew that somebody had to stop him before he done it to someone else," Jorgensen said.
Search for answers
Ovick said Norman Wright, his wife and three children moved to the area about a year ago from Apple Valley, where they had lived for several years.
He said he did not know why the family moved, or whether Norman Wright was employed at the time of his death.
Ovick refused to speculate on a motive for the shooting, but said investigators were interviewing family members hoping to learn more.
Meanwhile, some of Dallas' classmates said the boy had been angry with his father. They frequently argued over money, said Andrew Gebhart, 15, Matt's brother. Andrew was in Dallas' sophomore class at East Central High in nearby Sandstone.
"He always talked about stabbing his dad and shooting him," said Kirk White, 16, a junior. "I guess it happened today."
White and Gebhart said Dallas liked playing football and basketball. He had a girlfriend of about three months, they said. But he also liked to fight and was in and out of detention, they said.
Despite Dallas' behavior, his classmates were surprised he was connected to his father's death.
"We just thought he was talking crap," White said.
The boys said Dallas didn't really fit in with the 600 students at school and said it got worse when Dallas' best friend moved this year. "I think he really took it hard," Gebhart said. "It was the only kid he could get along with."
Alex Askelin, 16, who lived near Dallas in Apple Valley, described him as "a good kid" who was always in a bit of trouble. He said Dallas ran away from home several times and once stole his mother's car and got into an accident. "He'd do something, get grounded for four months and then go straight and get grounded again," Askelin said. "He'd keep messing up."
Staff writer Richard Meryhew contributed to this report.
The writers can be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].
Another member of my yahoo group mentioned the following: The Duluth News Tribune has two versions. The older one mentions the fact that Matt and Scott were armed, the newer one, however, left that out. If you do a search of their website for "askov", it only pulls up one story. Coincidentally enough, it's
the one that doesn't mentioned that he was apprehended by armed men.
Similar results for the Pioneer Press.
Well, at least the most read paper in the Twin Cities got it right.
-------------------------------------------------
http://startribune.com/stories/462/4842144.html
Teen held in father's shooting death
ASKOV, MINN. -- For more than four hours Tuesday, authorities searched this small town and the surrounding woods and prairie of Pine County looking for a boy who allegedly shot and killed his father earlier in the morning.
For more than four hours, the word was out that a 15-year-old boy was on the run.
So when the teenager appeared, armed with a gun, near Hwy. 23 just south of town early Tuesday afternoon, the three men working at a nearby auto shop -- Matt Gebhart, Scott Jorgensen and Brian Volk -- knew what to do.
They got their guns.
Minutes later, they surrounded the boy and talked him into dropping the gun. Deputies arrived a short time later and arrested the boy, identified by acquaintances as Dallas Wright, in connection with the shooting of his father, Norman R. Wright Jr., 47, on the front lawn of the family's home.
Pine County deputies at the scene.Bruce BispingStar TribuneDallas Wright is expected to appear in Pine County District Court today to be charged as a juvenile in connection with the crime.
"We have no idea what prompted it," Pine County Chief Deputy Steve Ovick said Tuesday.
"What possesses a 15-year-old to shoot his father?" Ovick said. "I don't know."
Wright family members declined to comment Tuesday as they gathered at a church not far from the family's home to meet with investigators.
Authorities, meanwhile, said little about what happened at the Wright house, located about 5 miles northwest of Askov. Ovick said he expected to be able to release more information about the incident today, after an autopsy.
The shooting was reported to police about 8:30 a.m. after one of Dallas' siblings called 911. Ovick said the boy's mother was at work in the Twin Cities and Dallas was home with his father and a younger sister and brother.
By the time authorities arrived at the house, the boy had fled in the family's SUV, Ovick said. He abandoned the vehicle several miles from the house.
Officers from the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the State Patrol and nearby Kanabec and Carlton counties gathered at the church to begin coordinating their manhunt.
Within the hour, a State Patrol helicopter was searching for Dallas, and news of what happened spread quickly throughout this city of 400 people, about 100 miles north of the Twin Cities.
As authorities searched the town and surrounding area, Gebhart and his coworkers were busy at his auto body shop about a mile south of Askov. Although they'd heard about the hunt on the police scanner, they weren't looking for the boy.
But when a neighbor called to say that a boy matching Dallas' description was walking on the road near the shop, about 6 miles south of the Wright home, Volk ducked into the woods to get a better look.
Gebhart and Jorgensen got their guns.
As Dallas drew near, Volk asked the boy where he was going. Dallas replied that he was going to the store.
Gebhart and Jorgensen, both armed, confronted the boy and asked him if he had a gun.
Dallas said, "Yeah," Volk said.
Gebhart then told the boy to drop his pistol. Volk told him to lie on the ground.
The teenager obeyed and stayed face down in the grass for a few minutes until authorities arrived to make the arrest.
"I just knew that somebody had to stop him before he done it to someone else," Jorgensen said.
Search for answers
Ovick said Norman Wright, his wife and three children moved to the area about a year ago from Apple Valley, where they had lived for several years.
He said he did not know why the family moved, or whether Norman Wright was employed at the time of his death.
Ovick refused to speculate on a motive for the shooting, but said investigators were interviewing family members hoping to learn more.
Meanwhile, some of Dallas' classmates said the boy had been angry with his father. They frequently argued over money, said Andrew Gebhart, 15, Matt's brother. Andrew was in Dallas' sophomore class at East Central High in nearby Sandstone.
"He always talked about stabbing his dad and shooting him," said Kirk White, 16, a junior. "I guess it happened today."
White and Gebhart said Dallas liked playing football and basketball. He had a girlfriend of about three months, they said. But he also liked to fight and was in and out of detention, they said.
Despite Dallas' behavior, his classmates were surprised he was connected to his father's death.
"We just thought he was talking crap," White said.
The boys said Dallas didn't really fit in with the 600 students at school and said it got worse when Dallas' best friend moved this year. "I think he really took it hard," Gebhart said. "It was the only kid he could get along with."
Alex Askelin, 16, who lived near Dallas in Apple Valley, described him as "a good kid" who was always in a bit of trouble. He said Dallas ran away from home several times and once stole his mother's car and got into an accident. "He'd do something, get grounded for four months and then go straight and get grounded again," Askelin said. "He'd keep messing up."
Staff writer Richard Meryhew contributed to this report.
The writers can be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].