Lussier still at large

Car found on Red Lake Reservation

By Julie Bratvold
Bemidji Pioneer

A vehicle possibly driven by fugitive Jacob John Lussier was found Tuesday morning on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. However, Lussier, who is charged with first-degree murder, remains at large.

An FBI news release announced that law enforcement authorities are no longer looking for the red and white 1988 GMC Jimmy that Lussier was believed to be driving. The vehicle was located by the Red Lake Tribal Police Department at 11 a.m. Tuesday. It was found abandoned in a wooded vacant lot in the Circle Pines subdivision in the Little Rock district of the reservation.

Lussier, 24, of Red Lake, has been charged in United States District Court with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting Harley James Sayers, 23, of Red Lake, Saturday in the Bartons Camp area of the reservation.

According to the criminal complaint filed Sunday, Lussier ordered Sayers to get out of a vehicle and as he was exiting, shot and killed him with a shotgun. Lussier then fled the scene.

Lussier, who is also known as Jacob Martin, is described as an American Indian male, six feet tall, 220 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He has tattoos on his left hand, right forearm, upper left arm and right leg.

Anyone with information regarding Lussier’s whereabouts should immediately call 911 or the FBI at (612) 376-3200.

The FBI warns that Lussier is considered armed and dangerous and he may be in possession of a sawed-off shotgun and an SKS rifle. Citizens should not approach or try