Officer Jesse Branch and Alan Lussier Jr., a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, were killed in a crash on Wednesday east of the Red Lake Community.
RED LAKE, Minn. — Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday, including an on-duty officer with the Red Lake Police Department.
Officer Jesse Branch and Alan Lussier Jr., a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, were killed in the collision that took place on Highway 1 east of the Red Lake Community, according to a press release from the Red Lake Department of Public Safety.
Several law enforcement agencies across the state have paid tribute to Branch, who Red Lake police say was responding to a call when the crash occurred.
“Officer Branch was a respected professional officer who loved the community he served,” read a social mediapost by the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office. “He previously …