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Residents of the Red Lake reservation in northern Minnesota struggled to understand a March 21, 2005, shooting that left 10 people dead and seven injured. 

The gunman, 16-year-old Jeff Wiese, a student at Red Lake High School, killed himself afterward.

"What Happened in Red Lake?" aired on MPR News the Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the shooting. It explains how the day unfolded; what was known about Wiese; and what makes this sovereign Indian community different from other communities. 

The special also examines the shooting within the context of other school shootings. 

Ten years ago, on March 21, 2005, 16-year-old Jeff Wiese shot his grandfather, his grandfather's partner and seven of his classmates at Red Lake High School before shooting himself. 

For four people who lived through the shootings that day, the trauma has echoed in ways that would have been hard to predict, from where they find comfort to how they sit when they're in public.

Survivors talk about the shooting, days later

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"What Happened in Red Lake?" aired on MPR News the Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the shooting.

What Happened in Red Lake? details the chronology of the shooting, what's known about the student who killed nine people and himself, and what makes this sovereign Indian community different from other communities.

What happened at Red Lake?

Tribal Chair Floyd Jourdain Jr. briefed the media.

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