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Suspect arrested after Cloquet shootings May 17

The shootings left one victim hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the leg.

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Authorities arrested the main suspect allegedly involved in two Cloquet shootings May 17.

Nicholas Joseph Ammesmaki, 26, was arrested on an unrelated charge Thursday, according to a news release from the Cloquet Police Department. He is being held at the Northwest Regional Correction Center in Crookston.

Both of the May 17 shootings took place in Cloquet residences . The first reportedly occurred at 2227 Scotty Drive. No one was injured.

Shortly after, police received a report of a second shooting at 873 Ozhigaw Road, where a 27-year-old Cloquet man had a gunshot wound in the leg. He was transported to Essentia Health in Duluth.

Ammesmaki's whereabouts were unknown following the shootings.

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