On This Date in Minnesota History: May 3

May 3, 1930 – Conservation Officer Norman D. Fairbanks was shot and killed as he and another officer attempted to arrest two men for illegal trapping at a cabin at Wolf Lake in Itasca County, near Hibbing, Minn. The two had failed to show up for a court appearance so the officers returned to the cabin to arrest them. As they entered, one of the men opened fire, mortally wounding Officer Fairbanks.

The other officer was not injured and was able to return fire. The suspects fled and two months later one was shot and killed and the other was arrested. The one who was arrested was acquitted after pleading insanity. Officer Fairbanks succumbed to his wounds two weeks after the shooting.

Officer Fairbanks was survived by his wife and six children. One of his sons was also a game warden and had gone to the scene of the shooting to transport his father to the hospital.

Norman D. Fairbanks

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