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A police officer on a domestic dispute call to a home near downtown Fargo was hit by gunfire from inside a house and is not expected to survive his wounds, authorities said. Police said nearly 12 hours later that the gunman was found by officers early Thursday shot to death in the residence. Chief David Todd said he did not know whether the suspect, whose identity has yet to be released, was killed "from us engaging him or [from] something self-inflicted." The chief earlier said the man believed to have killed Officer Jason Moszer later exchanged gunfire with a SWAT officer. "People are hunting us," Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney said during a late-morning news briefing, referring to a number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty around the country in recent days. "And how do you think that sits with us?"
The incident began about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of 9th Avenue N. and led to an all-night standoff between the gunman and police. About 6:15 a.m., Todd declared the standoff "resolved," and officers were leaving the scene shortly before 7 a.m. Moszer, 33, who was among the officers who initially responded to a report of domestic violence at the home, located less than two blocks from Sanford's extensive medical facilities. By midday Thursday, authorities had yet to confirm whether Moszer was indeed dead.
Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney said during a news briefing Thursday that law enforcement officers across the country are being targeted.
Officer was on perimeter
Laney matter of factly fielded reporters' questions but fought his emotions near the end. "We wear this badge with honor and pride, and we're going to go out every day to protect our communities," the sheriff said. "We lost a brother last night. We're going to wake up today and go out and do it again. We're not going to quit. We're not going to back off. "A chunk of our souls was taken today." Police were first alerted to trouble when the gunman's son called 911 and said his father shot at the caller's mother, the suspect's wife. The son and the mother fled unharmed, police added. Moszer "was out on the perimeter when we first arrived and were awaiting SWAT [personnel]," Todd said in a new briefing shortly after daybreak. "The suspect started firing out of the house, and Officer Moszer was hit."
Todd said he was confident that the gunman meant to shoot at officers. "I doubt it was random," said a somber chief, a strip of black tape around the badge on his chest, a symbol of a fallen colleague. "There was a squad car that was shot up [earlier] in a different location than where Officer Moszer was hit." Moszer was married with two children in the family, the chief said. "This is horrible for them," Todd said. Soon after Moszer's fate was revealed, his wife's Facebook page was dominated by an image of the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. Condolences from friends and loved ones were flowing to Rachel Moszer, who married Jason in June 2013. In a statement, Mayor Tim Mahoney said, "A tragedy affecting our men and women in uniform impacts our entire community. Today reminds us of the risks encountered daily by those proudly serving in uniform."
'We are losing a brother'
Not in the OP, however. That was a lie, just to take a cheap shot at Obama.Police are being targeted...
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