People question official version of police shooting, name of fatality released

This story originally was filed Oct 26, 2021.

The name of the person shot and killed by a Fort Belknap police officer early Saturday morning has been released.

Clayburn Elwood Grant, 34, was the person shot, Blaine County Sheriff and Coroner John Colby said in a release this morning.

Family and friends were scheduled to hiold a “Justice for Clayburn” rally outside of his home at 3:30 this afternoon.

People are questioning whether the account released by the tribal council at Fort Belknap are accurate.

His sister, Carla Grant, posted a video showing her brother’s body in the headli...