“People Are Hunting Us”: Fatal Shooting Hits Police Force Hard

An overnight standoff comes to an end but leaves the community with a void.

The 11 hour standoff ended with the death of the suspect, 49-year-old Marcus Schumacher.

It’s uncertain if his wound was self-inflicted or done by law enforcement.
 
He is suspected of shooting and killing 33-year-old Fargo Police Officer Jason Moszer.

This all started with a dispatch call about a domestic dispute Wednesday night around 7 from 308 9th Avenue North.

The caller told dispatchers that his father had a gun.

The victim and his mother were able to escape unharmed.

When law enforcement arrived on scene, several rounds were fired out of the home.

The SWAT team was activated.

It is believed that during the multiple shots from the home, Officer Moszer was wounded around 9:30 p.m.

Moszer was taken to Sanford where he was pronounced dead around 12:45 this afternoon.

It has shaken up the law enforcement community.
 
“How do you think that hits us? People are hunting us. And how do you think that sits with us? Yet we wear this badge with honor and pride and we’re going to go out every day and protect our community,” said Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney.
 
Fargo Police Chief David Todd says the suspect’s body was found in the home but wouldn’t give further information.

People assumed Marcus Schumacher was the gunman after he posted this odd status on his Facebook page just before 8 o’clock last night saying…

“Well it finally happened. Mom I should have listened to you. You were right. I love my Facebook family. Loved knowing my extended family. Love everyone”.

Shots fired at law enforcement are believed to be intentional.
 
“I doubt that it was random because there was one SWAT car that was shot up in a different location and then Officer Moszer was also hit. I don’t think there was anything random about it,” said Chief Todd.

Jason Moszer served on the Fargo Police Department for six years.

He is a Fargo native that graduated from Fargo South in 2001.

He graduated from NDSU.

Moszer leaves behind a wife and two kids.
 
“He was a guy that comes to work with a face on his face everyday. He loved working out on the street with his fellow officers. They loved working with him. He was an all-around great guy. And it’s a terrible lost for our department,” said Chief Todd.
 
In 2012, Moszer was awarded the department’s Silver Star Medal for saving two children trapped inside a burning apartment bedroom.

The medal given recognizes “an act of bravery or heroism.”
 
“We all lost a brother today. The community lost a guardian and warrior. And heaven gained an angel,” said Sheriff Laney.

The last time a Fargo officer was killed in the line of duty was over 100 years ago in 1882.

At nine, why the police department is not leading the investigation.