Overview
- State officials identified the deputies as Kaleb Cherne, with three years of experience, and David Donner, with six years.
- Authorities said the man who died was 37-year-old James Weyaus of Onigum, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Deputies responded to a shots-fired call near Old Agency Trail NW on Nov. 16, encountered Weyaus on County Road 13, and a foot chase followed.
- The BCA reported an exchange of gunfire during the chase that left Cherne wounded in the leg before responding deputy Donner fatally shot Weyaus on the roadway.
- Investigators recovered a 9mm handgun, a holster, and shell casings; body cameras captured portions of the incident, both deputies are on critical-incident leave, and Cherne has been released from a Fargo hospital.