Incident

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11-12-2023 North Dakota Bismarck 0-1

Location

November 12, 2023

Kirkwood Mall
706 Kirkwood Mall
Bismarck, North Dakota

Participants

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Nicholas Bruington
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed

Notes

mall parking lot; 3 officers stopped vehicle occupied by an armed teen (wanted for prior shots-fired incident); suspect shot by BPD but also sustained hand wound from "bullet defect" that damaged gun

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/11/12/early-morning-officer-involved-shooting-bismarck-17-year-old-male-deceased/

URL: https://apnews.com/article/bismarck-north-dakota-police-shooting-teen-ca36af65db289e264d21783964fb1ff1

URL: https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/bismarck-police-officers-cleared-in-fatal-shooting-of-teenager

District

Congressional District: 0
State Senate District: 32
State House District: 32