FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says. It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history. Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882. In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide. Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police. Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said. The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said. The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public. Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.” What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly. The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.
Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead. “As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.” No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday. The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday. At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is." Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said. Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded. Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday. “Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears. Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009. In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]] Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it. Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]] Last police officer shooting death in 1882 There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said. A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]] Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012 In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom. Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment. At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them. "Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are." Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report. UPDATE 7:40 A.M. In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead. Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers. The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive. Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found. His name has not been released. Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive. He has a wife and two children. UPDATE 6:30 A.M. Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place. UPDATE 5:45 A.M. Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police. He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can. Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped. UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M. FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed. Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]] About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says. It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history. Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882. In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide. Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police. Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said. The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said. The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public. Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.” What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly. The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead. “As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.” No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday. The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday. At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is." Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said. Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded. Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday. “Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears. Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009. In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.
Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it. Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]] Last police officer shooting death in 1882 There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said. A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]] Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012 In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom. Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment. At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them. "Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are." Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report. UPDATE 7:40 A.M. In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead. Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers. The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive. Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found. His name has not been released. Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive. He has a wife and two children. UPDATE 6:30 A.M. Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place. UPDATE 5:45 A.M. Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police. He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can. Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped. UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M. FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed. Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]] About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says. It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history. Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882. In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide. Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police. Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said. The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said. The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public. Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.” What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly. The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead. “As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.” No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday. The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday. At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is." Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said. Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded. Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday. “Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears. Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009. In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]] Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it. Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.
Last police officer shooting death in 1882 There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said. A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]] Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012 In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom. Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment. At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them. "Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are." Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report. UPDATE 7:40 A.M. In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead. Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers. The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive. Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found. His name has not been released. Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive. He has a wife and two children. UPDATE 6:30 A.M. Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place. UPDATE 5:45 A.M. Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police. He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can. Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped. UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M. FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed. Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]] About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says. It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history. Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882. In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide. Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police. Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said. The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said. The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public. Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.” What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly. The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead. “As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.” No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday. The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday. At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is." Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said. Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded. Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday. “Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears. Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009. In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]] Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it. Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]] Last police officer shooting death in 1882 There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said. A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.
Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012 In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom. Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment. At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them. "Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are." Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report. UPDATE 7:40 A.M. In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead. Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers. The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive. Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found. His name has not been released. Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive. He has a wife and two children. UPDATE 6:30 A.M. Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place. UPDATE 5:45 A.M. Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police. He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can. Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped. UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M. FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed. Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]] About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says. It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history. Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882. In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide. Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police. Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said. The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said. The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public. Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.” What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly. The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead. “As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.” No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday. The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday. At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is." Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said. Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded. Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday. “Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears. Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009. In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]] Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it. Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]] Last police officer shooting death in 1882 There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said. A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]] Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012 In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom. Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment. At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them. "Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are." Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report. UPDATE 7:40 A.M. In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead. Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers. The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive. Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found. His name has not been released. Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive. He has a wife and two children. UPDATE 6:30 A.M. Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place. UPDATE 5:45 A.M. Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police. He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can. Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped. UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M. FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.
The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed. Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]] About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says. It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history. Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882. In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide. Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police. Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said. The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said. The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public. Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.” What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly. The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead. “As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.” No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday. The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday. At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is." Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said. Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded. Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday. “Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears. Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009. In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]] Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it. Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]] Last police officer shooting death in 1882 There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said. A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]] Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012 In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire. Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom. Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment. At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them. "Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are." Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report. UPDATE 7:40 A.M. In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead. Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers. The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive. Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found. His name has not been released. Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive. He has a wife and two children. UPDATE 6:30 A.M. Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place. UPDATE 5:45 A.M. Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police. He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can. Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped. UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M. FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence. “Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed. Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.
About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M. An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said. What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman. Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured. Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m. "If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said. The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said. About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said. A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story. FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says.It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history.Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882.In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide.Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police.Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said.The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said.The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public.Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.”What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly.The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.
Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead.“As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.”No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday.The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday.At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is."Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said.Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded.Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday.“Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears.Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009.In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]]Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it.Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said.When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to."He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]]Last police officer shooting death in 1882There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job.According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said.A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]]Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom.Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment.At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them."Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are."Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report.UPDATE 7:40 A.M.In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead.Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers.The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive.Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found.His name has not been released.Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive.He has a wife and two children.UPDATE 6:30 A.M.Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place.UPDATE 5:45 A.M.Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police.He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can.Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped.UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M.FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed.Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences.The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]]About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question.“There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says.It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history.Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882.In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide.Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police.Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said.The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said.The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public.Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.”What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly.The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead.“As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.”No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday.The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday.At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is."Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said.Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded.Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday.“Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears.Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009.In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.
Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it.Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said.When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to."He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]]Last police officer shooting death in 1882There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job.According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said.A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]]Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom.Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment.At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them."Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are."Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report.UPDATE 7:40 A.M.In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead.Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers.The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive.Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found.His name has not been released.Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive.He has a wife and two children.UPDATE 6:30 A.M.Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place.UPDATE 5:45 A.M.Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police.He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can.Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped.UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M.FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed.Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences.The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]]About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question.“There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says.It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history.Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882.In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide.Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police.Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said.The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said.The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public.Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.”What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly.The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead.“As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.”No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday.The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday.At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is."Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said.Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded.Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday.“Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears.Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009.In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]]Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it.Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said.When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to."He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.
Last police officer shooting death in 1882There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job.According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said.A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]]Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom.Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment.At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them."Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are."Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report.UPDATE 7:40 A.M.In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead.Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers.The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive.Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found.His name has not been released.Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive.He has a wife and two children.UPDATE 6:30 A.M.Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place.UPDATE 5:45 A.M.Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police.He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can.Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped.UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M.FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed.Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences.The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]]About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question.“There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says.It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history.Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882.In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide.Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police.Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said.The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said.The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public.Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.”What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly.The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead.“As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.”No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday.The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday.At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is."Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said.Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded.Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday.“Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears.Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009.In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]]Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it.Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said.When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to."He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]]Last police officer shooting death in 1882There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job.According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said.A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.
Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom.Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment.At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them."Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are."Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report.UPDATE 7:40 A.M.In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead.Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers.The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive.Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found.His name has not been released.Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive.He has a wife and two children.UPDATE 6:30 A.M.Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place.UPDATE 5:45 A.M.Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police.He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can.Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped.UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M.FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed.Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences.The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]]About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question.“There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says.It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history.Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882.In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide.Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police.Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said.The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said.The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public.Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.”What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly.The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead.“As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.”No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday.The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday.At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is."Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said.Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded.Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday.“Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears.Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009.In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]]Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it.Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said.When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to."He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]]Last police officer shooting death in 1882There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job.According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said.A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]]Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom.Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment.At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them."Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are."Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report.UPDATE 7:40 A.M.In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead.Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers.The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive.Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found.His name has not been released.Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive.He has a wife and two children.UPDATE 6:30 A.M.Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place.UPDATE 5:45 A.M.Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police.He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can.Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped.UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M.FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.
The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed.Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences.The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316603","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","class":"media-image","height":"667","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announces Officer Jason Moszer, wounded during a standoff, is not expected to survive. (FNS)","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1000"}}]]About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question.“There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.FARGO – A Fargo officer shot Wednesday night during a standoff in north Fargo is expected to die, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Police Chief David Todd says.It would be only the second shooting death of an officer in the city’s history.Todd said at a 2 a.m. Thursday news conference at police headquarters that Officer Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence, just blocks from the police department.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.The last shooting death of a Fargo officer was in 1882.In a press conference at 7:30 a.m., Todd confirmed that the suspected shooter -- who hasn't been publicly identified -- has died, either from gunfire from police or by suicide.Todd said he believes the gunman was purposely shooting at police.Because of the Fargo Police Department's involvement in the shooting, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cass County Sheriff's Office will take over the investigation of the shooting, Todd said.The area near the standoff in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue North is still considered the scene of an investigation and travel there will be limited Thursday, both on foot and by vehicle, Todd said.The standoff lasted around eight hours. In a statement at about 6 a.m., Todd said the standoff in north Fargo has been resolved and there was no longer a threat to the public.Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman, said at 4 a.m. he did not know if Moszer had died, but said “he won’t pull through.”What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 7 p.m. escalated quickly.The armed man holed up in the north Fargo home opened fire on officers and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, police said.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316765","attributes":{"alt":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","class":"media-image","height":"165","title":"Google Streetview image of 308 9th Ave. N., Fargo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"250"}}]]Anderson said at 4 a.m. that the operation was still ongoing and it was unclear if the suspect was alive or dead.“As far as I know we haven’t even made it inside yet,” Anderson said. “At this point, we’re treating it as if he is still alive.”No additional gunfire was heard from the home since an initial media briefing around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said. There had been no other officers injured, he said around 4 a.m. Thursday.The SWAT team used two robots, gas and smoke to try to flush the suspect from the home, Anderson said, though the robots were having battery and other malfunctions. Temperatures hovered in the single digits above zero early Thursday.At a 5:30 a.m. news conference, Todd said authorities did have negotiations with the suspect and that a SWAT operator "did engage him with gunfire. it is possible the suspect was hit with gunfire. we do not know what his status is."Earlier in the night, Moszer was hit by the suspect’s gunfire and was seen by a neighboring resident lying in an alley nearby a police cruiser, Todd said.Officers moved in with an armored BearCat vehicle and took Moszer to the hospital, said Todd, who went with Moszer’s wife to the hospital where they were informed he was mortally wounded.Moszer “was struck by gunfire and right now his family is at the hospital with him, saying goodbye,” Todd said around 2 a.m. Thursday.“Tonight we’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers,” Todd said, choking back tears.Moszer graduated in 2001 from Fargo South High School and from North Dakota State University in 2009.In 2012, Moszer and fellow officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Lt. Joel Vettel said a funeral for Moszer is expected to take place late next week.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316766","attributes":{"alt":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","class":"media-image","height":"800","title":"Fargo Police Chief David Todd announcing that Officer Jason Moszer was not expected to survive. Rick Abbott / The Forum","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"1200"}}]]Todd said the identity of the suspect holed up in the home is believed to be known, but could not yet release it.Todd said the suspect is believed to have threatened his wife in the home and possibly shot at her. The couple’s son made the initial call to police, Todd said. Family members were able to escape the gunfire unharmed, Anderson said.When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to."He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.Around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences. That sweep appeared be completed around 1:45 a.m., scanner traffic indicated.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center, hospital spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316767","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"519","title":"","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"777"}}]]Last police officer shooting death in 1882There's been only one Fargo officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Frederick D. Alderman was slain July 5, 1882, after just two months on the job.According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, Alderman, 25, was shot as he attempted to follow a suspect who had used stolen property to pay a fine. With no issued lantern, Alderman mistook a neighboring home for the suspect's residence in the dark. After receiving no response to a knock on the door, Alderman forced the door open and the resident opened fire on him, killing him at the scene, the website report said.A woman was charged with murder but a jury ruled against the charge upon learning Alderman did not identify himself as a police officer at the door.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"2316768","attributes":{"alt":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","class":"media-image","height":"484","title":"Then Police Chief Keith Ternes, left, with Jason Moszer, middle, and Matthew Siders in 2012. Forum file photo","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"860"}}]]Moszer, fellow officer honored in 2012In 2012, Moszer and officer Matthew Sliders were awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for pulling two children from an apartment fire.Responding to a disturbance call in November 2011, the officers found two children trapped and screaming inside a burning apartment bedroom.Risking their own lives, the two officers entered the room and saved the children from the fire, and then helped extinguish the blaze in the apartment.At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them."Some of the events these officers were summoned to - we don't teach people to run into a burning building, we don't teach people to save lives," Ternes said. "They did that because of who they are."Forum Online Editor Rob Beer contributed to this report.UPDATE 7:40 A.M.In a live press conference, the Fargo Police said the suspected gunman involved in a fatal officer-involved SWAT shooting is dead.Chief David Todd said the suspet appeared to have died from gunshot wounds. It is not known whether or not those fatal wounds were self-inflicted or from police officers.The BCI and Cass County Sheriff's Office are investigating, and the crime scene is extensive.Police said they had difficulty using a robot to get into the house, where the suspect's body was eventually found.His name has not been released.Officer Jason Moszer was shot and is not expected to survive.He has a wife and two children.UPDATE 6:30 A.M.Per Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd, the situation in North Fargo has been resolved and people do not need to shelter in place.UPDATE 5:45 A.M.Police are warning residents in the area to stay inside their homes. At a 5:30 press conference, Fargo Police Chief David todd said the shooter is not in custody and has ceased to communicate with police.He says residents between 8th Ave N and 10th Ave N and east of Broadway to 2nd St N should remain inside, and officers will come to you and make contact as they can.Police believe all other family members inside the home involved in the standoff escaped.UPDATED AT 2:45 A.M.FARGO -- A Fargo officer was shot Wednesday night and has a "non-survivable" gunshot wound, Police Chief Dave Todd said at a 2 a.m. news conference at police headquarters.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_preview","fid":"2316601","attributes":{"alt":"Officer Jason Moszer","class":"media-image","height":"180","title":"Officer Jason Moszer","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]The officer, Jason Moszer, 33, is a six-year veteran with the police department. He was shot by a suspect who as of the early morning hours, is still in a standoff with police at a north Fargo residence.“Tonight the Fargo Police Department is mourning the loss of our brother officer,” Todd said.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home unharmed.Around 12:30 a.m., SWAT team officers were going door-to-door in the neighborhood, asking residents if they were OK and telling them to remain in the lower level of their residences.The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said.
About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.Huber confirmed the downtown hospital was on lockdown later in the night. He said patients and families could still enter on the south side escorted by security.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. Police have learned the identity of the man but were not releasing his name, Anderson said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck. As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. “There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.UPDATED AT 12:20 A.M.An armed man holed up in a north Fargo home opened fire on police officers Wednesday night and continued to unleash bursts of gunfire in a residential neighborhood as authorities tried to negotiate with him, city police said.What initially began with a report of a domestic disturbance at 308 9th Ave. N. about 8:30 p.m. escalated quickly and violently, said Deputy Chief Joe Anderson, a Fargo police spokesman.Anderson said the man possibly shot at family members who escaped the home. It was unclear whether any of them were hurt, he said. The man reportedly called 911 dispatchers and told them that neighboring homes should be evacuated. When police arrived and established a perimeter around the home, the man opened fire on officers, said Anderson, who would not say whether any officers were injured.Shots continued to be heard as police, including SWAT team members, tried to resolve the situation. It was uncertain what sort of guns and ammo the man had access to. "He has possibly multiple long guns, but that's not confirmed at this point, but we do know that he is obviously shooting rounds out of his house," Anderson said. About 9 p.m., police sent out an emergency alert to north Fargo residents warning them to stay in their homes and go into their basements. Some homes in the area were being evacuated about 9:30 p.m."If the individual is firing a long rifle, those rifle rounds can go through houses, go through wood," Anderson said.The home where the standoff was taking place was just north of Sanford Medical Center. The hospital was not locked down, but additional security was added, Sanford spokesman Darren Huber said.About 10:45 p.m., Anderson said police negotiators had been talking with the man and were continuing to try to stay in contact with him. The man's identity was unknown, the deputy chief said.A short distance to the west, near First Lutheran Church, at least a dozen police vehicles were staged, including Fargo and West Fargo police, North Dakota Highway Patrol, Cass County Sheriff's Office and the Red River Regional SWAT team command truck.As of midnight, the standoff was ongoing. How it would end remained an open question.“There’s no guidebook, if you will, for this. I mean, we don’t want to rush it and put officers in a bad situation,” Anderson said. “If we can talk him out and end the situation that way, that’s preferable.” Check back for more on this developing story.
