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Fargo: A police officer died and two others were critically injured after a suspect started shooting on a busy street in FargoNorth Dakota police said Friday afternoon.
Police said in a statement issued late at night that officers killed the suspect during the shooting, which took place just before 3 p.m.
The Fargo Police Department said an investigation is ongoing and has withheld the identities of the officers and suspects pending notification of their families.
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said the state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation was working with federal, state and local law enforcement in response to the “shooting incident” but did not provide any details.
Fargo police will provide more details during a press conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Fargo City Hall, said Greg Schildberger, the city’s chief of communications.
“We sincerely ask for your patience and that of our community and our community as the Fargo Police Department is working through this incident,” Schildberger said Friday evening.
“This is very difficult for all of us,” Schildberger said. “We appreciate all of the messages from the community that have been delivered to us in support of our officers.”
A spokesperson for Sanford Medical Center Fargo Paul Heinert He said in an email that the hospital has admitted patients due to the shooting and that updates on their conditions will come from the Fargo police.
Several witnesses said that a man opened fire at the police officers before being shot by other officers. Shortly thereafter, officers converged on a residential area about 2 miles (3.2 km) away and evacuated residents while collecting what they said was evidence related to the shooting.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing and hearing gunshots in the area. Shannon Nicole told KFGO radio that she was driving at the time.
“I saw the traffic stop and as soon as I drove up I fired shots and I saw the cops fall,” Nicol said. My airbag exploded and the bullet went through my driver’s door.
Nicole said a man grabbed her and said they needed to get out of the area.
Chenoa Peterson She told the Associated Press that she was driving with her 22-year-old daughter when a man pulled out a gun and started shooting at police: “He proceeds to aim it and you hear the bullets go off, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God! He shoots!”
Peterson’s first instinct was to stop and try to help, but her daughter’s presence there convinced her to leave. “It’s weird knowing that if you had been 10 seconds earlier you could have been in it,” she said.
Surveillance video provided by Fargo resident Allison Carlson captured the rapid sounds of gunfire.
Bo Thi was working alone at a nail salon near the scene of the shooting when she heard what sounded like fireworks or a motorcycle backfiring. She said the gunshots did not occur to her at the time.
Police and other agencies around the area posted their sympathy for the Fargo police on Facebook.
“Thinking of our brothers and sisters in Fargo,” said a post from the South Dakota Fraternal Police Organization.
The Glenwood Fire Department in Minnesota posted, “Please keep the blue lights bright to show our support not only for our local law enforcement, but also for those impacted by today’s events!”
Police said in a statement issued late at night that officers killed the suspect during the shooting, which took place just before 3 p.m.
The Fargo Police Department said an investigation is ongoing and has withheld the identities of the officers and suspects pending notification of their families.
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said the state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation was working with federal, state and local law enforcement in response to the “shooting incident” but did not provide any details.
Fargo police will provide more details during a press conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Fargo City Hall, said Greg Schildberger, the city’s chief of communications.
“We sincerely ask for your patience and that of our community and our community as the Fargo Police Department is working through this incident,” Schildberger said Friday evening.
“This is very difficult for all of us,” Schildberger said. “We appreciate all of the messages from the community that have been delivered to us in support of our officers.”
A spokesperson for Sanford Medical Center Fargo Paul Heinert He said in an email that the hospital has admitted patients due to the shooting and that updates on their conditions will come from the Fargo police.
Several witnesses said that a man opened fire at the police officers before being shot by other officers. Shortly thereafter, officers converged on a residential area about 2 miles (3.2 km) away and evacuated residents while collecting what they said was evidence related to the shooting.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing and hearing gunshots in the area. Shannon Nicole told KFGO radio that she was driving at the time.
“I saw the traffic stop and as soon as I drove up I fired shots and I saw the cops fall,” Nicol said. My airbag exploded and the bullet went through my driver’s door.
Nicole said a man grabbed her and said they needed to get out of the area.
Chenoa Peterson She told the Associated Press that she was driving with her 22-year-old daughter when a man pulled out a gun and started shooting at police: “He proceeds to aim it and you hear the bullets go off, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God! He shoots!”
Peterson’s first instinct was to stop and try to help, but her daughter’s presence there convinced her to leave. “It’s weird knowing that if you had been 10 seconds earlier you could have been in it,” she said.
Surveillance video provided by Fargo resident Allison Carlson captured the rapid sounds of gunfire.
Bo Thi was working alone at a nail salon near the scene of the shooting when she heard what sounded like fireworks or a motorcycle backfiring. She said the gunshots did not occur to her at the time.
Police and other agencies around the area posted their sympathy for the Fargo police on Facebook.
“Thinking of our brothers and sisters in Fargo,” said a post from the South Dakota Fraternal Police Organization.
The Glenwood Fire Department in Minnesota posted, “Please keep the blue lights bright to show our support not only for our local law enforcement, but also for those impacted by today’s events!”
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