DATE: Jan 31 2023
TIME: 0400 HRS.
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Murder
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: NW Minot Hotel
IDENTITY OF PERSONS INVOLVED (UNLESS PROTECTED):
NAME: Darrion Deshon Jackson
GENDER: M AGE: 32
ADDRESS: Minot
NAME: Timothy Chrishaod Smith
GENDER: M AGE: 38
ADDRESS: Minot
INVOLVED AGENCIES: Minot Police Department
SUMMARY OF CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING INCIDENT:
Update: January 31, 2023, 1600 hours After confirming that the family has had sufficient time to make appropriate notifications, we are releasing the name of the victim. The victim is 38-year-old Timothy Chrishaod Smith of Minot.
Original Release: Minot Police arrested Darrion Jackson in the early morning hours of January 31, 2023 for murder. Police responded to a Northwest Minot hotel, at around 11:52 pm January 30, 2023, on the report of a shooting. They found an unresponsive male victim with a gunshot wound. The victim was transported by ambulance but succumbed to his injuries. Darrion Jackson turned himself in to police a short time later and as a result of the investigation was charged with murder. He was released to the custody of the Ward County Jail. The victim’s name is being withheld until family notification are made.
