Jury hung on 3 of 4 charges in Dilworth shooting
Judge Tammy Merkins declared a mistrial for three felony counts of second-degree assault, meaning Dennis Scott Hackley will only be sentenced on a firearm possession charge. 3:00 pm, May 4, 2021 ×
Dennis Hackley, 37
MOORHEAD A Moorhead man accused of a November shooting at a Dilworth apartment building will spend time behind bars for illegally possessing a firearm, but jurors could not decide whether he was guilty of the shooting itself.
A Clay County jury found Dennis Scott Hackley, 38, guilty on Thursday, April 29, of being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm but could not reach an agreement on three felony counts of second-degree assault. The three charges alleged he shot at two people and injured one on Nov. 12 at an apartment on Fifth Street Northwest in Dilworth.
The suspect sought in a Nov. 12 Dilworth apartment shooting has been arrested.
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Dennis Hackley, 37
DILWORTH, Minn. A 37-year-old man suspected of a November shooting at a Dilworth apartment building was arrested and booked in the Clay County Jail this week.
Authorities searched nearly a month for 37-year-old Dennis Scott Hackley, who was wanted on a second-degree assault charge for allegedly shooting Christopher Lussier.
On the morning of Nov. 12, police responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment building on Fifth Street Northwest, about a quarter-mile west of Dilworth Elementary School. According to police, officers found Lussier, 37, had been shot five times in the leg. An arrest warrant was filed for Hackley later that afternoon.