A FARGO NORTH DAKOTA POLICE OFFICER WHO RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC INVOLVING AN ARMED SUSPECT IN A NORTH FARGO HOME WAS SHOT AND MORTALLY WOUNDED LAST NIGHT……
POLICE CHIEF DAVE TODD SAYS OFFICER JASON MOSZER WAS A SIX-YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS SHOT BY A SUSPECT WHO BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A HOME AROUND 7 P.M. AFTER A REPORT THAT THE SUSPECT HAD FIRED A GUN AT HIS FAMILY. DOZENS OF OFFICERS, INCLUDING THE RED RIVER VALLEY SWAT TEAM SURROUNDED THE HOME AND SEALED OFF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DURING A 2 AM NEWS CONFERENCE, TODD SAID THE INJURIES SUFFERED BY MOSZER ARE NOT SURVIVABLE…
TODD SAYS MOSZER DIDN’T RESPOND WHEN DISPATCHERS DID A STATUS CHECK OF THE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE AT 308 9TH AVENUE NORTH. HE SAYS A RESIDENT SAW AN OFFICER ON THE GROUND NEAR HIS SQUAD CAR IN AN ALLEY. POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOME INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WHILE THE SUSPECT WAS HOLED UP INSIDE.
