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2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
SUBJECT: Arrest Warrant Signed for 2nd Suspect
BY: DPD Public Information Officer Jim Hansen (218) 390-2232
NATURE OF INCIDENT: Arrest Warrant Signed for 2nd Suspect
CASE NO.: 12200379
INCIDENT DATE: 10/13/2012
INCIDENT TIME: 12:05 AM
INCIDENT LOCATION: #10 Block of E. 5th Street
On Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 12:05 AM Duluth Police were called to the #10 block of East 5th Street for an unknown medical call.
Officers arrived and found a 17 year old female outside who had a stab wound to her chest and had been hit in the head with a blunt object. They also located an 18 year old male victim who had been hit in the head with a blunt object. The female was transported to Saint Luke’s Hospital for a life-threatening injury and after surgery, is now listed in serious condition. The male victim was interviewed and released. Initial investigation provided that both victims had been assaulted by a suspect with a wooden baseball bat and the female victim had been stabbed by a second suspect with a knife.
On Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 4:40 AM a Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy stopped to assist a motorist having car trouble near Poplar, WI. The motorist was a 17 year old juvenile male suspect we were looking for in the assault case that occurred in Duluth. The juvenile male was transported to the Douglas County Jail and lodged pending extradition. The juvenile has been formally charged with 1st Degree Assault, 2nd Degree Assault and 3rd Degree Assault.
We are still looking for the second suspect. The case is active and remains under investigation. No further information is available at this time. Anyone who has any information about this case is asked to call 911.
UPDATE:
On Friday, October 19th, 2012 Duluth Police Investigators obtained a signed arrest warrant from the Saint Louis County Attorney’s Office for Donald Laquier-Jackson, a 25 year old, male resident of Duluth. The arrest warrants are for the following charges:
1. Attempted Murder 2nd Degree (Committed for Benefit of a Gang)
2. Attempted Murder 2nd Degree
3. 1st Degree Assault (Committed for Benefit of a Gang)
4. 1st Degree Assault
5. 2nd Degree Assault (w/Dangerous Weapon)
6. 2nd Degree Assault
Donald Laquier-Jackson is described as:
• Male, 25 years old
• Race: Native American
• Height: 5’6”
• Weight: 175
• Eye Color: Hazel
• Hair Color: Black
Donald Laquier-Jackson’s last known location was the Bad River Reservation in Ashland County, Wisconsin. Anyone with information has seen or knows the whereabouts of Donald Laquier-Jackson is asked to call 911. The case remains an active investigation. No further information is available at this time.
