Fargo police say officer shot during standoff won’t survive

Original Story: Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) – An account has been set up at Bell State Bank & Trust for the behalf of the family of Officer Jason Moszer.

“We’re losing a brother, one of our fellow officers”, Todd said at an early-morning news conference during an 11-hour standoff that had police ordering people in the neighborhood not to leave their homes.

Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd appears at a news conference at police headquarters in Fargo, N.D., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016to talk about a shooting that left one of his officers mortally wounded and a suspect dead. A standoff ensued and Schumacher was found dead in the home. It is believed the gunshot was sacked from the suspect inside of 308 9th Avenue North.

WDAY reports the situation with the suspect – who police have not identified publicly – was unresolved until after 6 a.m. Thursday, at which point police said there is no longer an active threat, and people no longer need to shelter in place.

The law enforcement community in Fargo-Moorhead mourned a fallen friend and comrade Thursday as investigators began the job of piecing together events that took the life of a Fargo police officer and that of the man suspected of killing him.

Schumacher barricaded himself in his home and exchanged gunfire with police SWAT teams, the Fargo Police Department said.

The Red River Valley SWAT team removed Moszer from the scene under the cover of a BearCat armored truck. The son and his mother fled unharmed, police said. It’s not known if he killed himself or was shot by an officer.

At the ceremony, then-Police Chief Keith Ternes said all officers recognized had gone above and beyond what is normally required of them.

Boswell, however, testified that he and Clauthier approached Schumacher’s auto and tapped the window, before 22-year-old Schumacher rolled down the window and shot them both, as Clauthier held out his hands and said, “Don’t shoot”. He was also convicted of disorderly conduct in January 2013. He was serving a “no-knock” warrant, when the suspect ran and opened fire, striking the 25-year veteran.

“We were scared. We could hear gunshots very clearly, even from the basement”, she said. He said a squad vehicle at the scene was sacked on and he believed Schumacher was targeting police.

Fears may have been confirmed for police when residents in the area began calling.

Anderson says the suspect fired multiple rounds from inside the home and struck Moszer.