Christopher Volney Ische, 59, was shot and killed the evening of July 3, 2024, on Enterprise Avenue in Dickinson, North Dakota. Officers found Ische with a gunshot wound shortly after 7 p.m.; he was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. Ische is identified as a Black male.

Sixty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Powell, described as an acquaintance of Ische, was at the scene and spoke with responding officers. After initial interviews with Powell and other witnesses, police arrested Powell; he was booked on a murder charge and made his first court appearance on July 5, 2024. The investigation into what led to the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the July 3 incident on Enterprise Avenue or has information about Ische and Powell’s relationship, please come forward to assist the investigation.