Woman shot, man arrested for attempted murder in Fargo

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Police officers were dispatched on a report of shots fired at approximately 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at the 10 block of 7th Street North in downtown Fargo.

Officers found a 28-year-old woman with gunshot wounds in an apartment. The woman was taken by ambulance to a hospital with serious injuries.

Police arrested Kyle Ochoa, a 30-year-old Fargo resident, for the shooting. Officers located Ochoa outside of the apartment building and took him into custody without incident. He is being held at the Cass County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder.

A preliminary investigation indicates that Ochoa and the victim were acquaintances. The case remains under investigation. Police say there is no known threat to the public.

Investigators were on the scene for several hours. A large area was cordoned off by police tape in and around a large parking lot to the west side of the Gardner Apartments and around the Billmeyer Apartments on 7th Street North, located across the street from the Plains Art Museum.