Bail set for suspect charged in deadly shooting in Sheyenne bar

(Fargo, ND) -- Bail has been set at $1.5 million dollars for a Rolla, North Dakota, man charged with murder. Nicholas Poitra is accused in the shooting death of 30-year-old Troyal Thumb at a bar in Sheyenne last Sunday. According to a report from KVRR-TV, Poitra was arrested Wednesday when a farmer in Eddy County held him at gunpoint until police arrived. Poitra is due back in court on March 9th.