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The Medina shootout: 40 years after the tragedy 'that didn't need to happen'

Watch, listen and read exclusive reporting 40 years in the making as Forum Communications Columnist Jim Shaw looks back at the infamous Medina, North Dakota, shootout and tells where it stands today.

A collage shows a broadcast on an old TV screen, two cars with bullet holes, a US Marshal with a long gun and ad smirking man in a ball cap.
The Medina shootout between Gordon Kahl, his peers and U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement officers happened Feb. 13, 1983.
Graphic by Troy Becker / The Forum

InForum columnist Jim Shaw is a former WDAY TV reporter and former KVRR TV news director.
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