LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — At first, Terry Brisk’s death seemed like a hunting accident.

On Nov. 7, 2016, Brisk had been out hunting alone, with his Winchester Model 94 AE .30-30 lever-action rifle, on his parents’ property near Little Falls in north-central Minnesota, population 8,700.

It was a great day for hunting, unseasonably warm just two days into the deer season. Brisk had called into work and taken the day off.

That afternoon, the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office received the grim report. Brisk’s 15-year-old son, Johnathon, had found him dead, clad in blaze orange. He had been shot.

A month later, Sheriff Shawn Larsen announced two stunning pieces of news: Brisk’s rifle hadn’t been found with his body, and an autopsy showed his shooting was no accident.

Terry Brisk had been murder

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