Kahl, along with Scott Faul, are serving life sentences for the shooting deaths of a U.S. marshal and a deputy marshal outside Medina, North Dakota in 1983.
Scott Faul, 67, was convicted of involvement in a deadly 1983 shootout near Medina, N.D. 5:30 pm, Jan. 7, 2021 ×
Joan Kahl, wife of Gordon Kahl, is escorted to the Cass County Jail on Feb. 22, 1983, after a court appearance in Fargo in connection with the shooting deaths of two U.S. marshals near Medina, N.D. Following in handcuffs are Scott Faul and Vernon Wegner. Joan Kahl was ultimately acquitted. Her husband escaped after the shootout, but later died in a confrontation with law enforcement officers in Arkansas. Forum file photo
FARGO A man serving a life sentence in federal prison for the killing of a U.S. marshal and a deputy marshal is asking to be freed after contracting COVID-19.