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Find info on the trial for Salamah Pendleton, who faces two murder charges for his role in the deaths of his mother and a Grand Forks police officer.
The trial for Salamah Pendleton, who faces two murder charges for his role in the deaths of his mother and a Grand Forks police officer, begins this week.
The trial will begin on Tuesday, June 29, and is expected to run until July 16.
The prosecution, led by Grand Forks County Assistant State s Attorney Carmell Mattison, will argue that Pendleton, 41, opened fire with an AK-47 on Grand Forks County Sheriff s Office deputies Ron Nord and Kelly McLean on May 27, 2020, when they attempted to evict Pendleton and his mother, Lola Moore, from the Grand Forks apartment they shared. Grand Forks Police Department officers Pat Torok and Cody Holte responded to the deputies call for help. When the shooting ended, Moore and Holte both had wound
Like a warzone : Investigators describe aftermath of Pendleton shootout that killed two
State homicide investigators walked jurors through the crime scene on the sixth day of the trial for Salamah Pendleton. Pendleton is accused of fatally shooting his mother and a Grand Forks police officer last spring. 5:25 pm, Jul. 7, 2021 ×
Salamah Pendleton is escorted into a Grand Forks County courtroom by Grand Forks County Sheriff s deputies where he is on trial in the shooting death of Grand Forks police officer Cody Holte, his mother, Lola Moore and wounding Grand Forks County Sheriff s deputy Ron Nord. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald