FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s been two years since Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin was killed in shootout that left two other officers and a bystander severely wounded, and the department is making sure that his sacrifice is always remembered. A flag lowering ceremony was held outside the Fargo Police Headquarters where family, friends and fellow officers, including Officer Andrew…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Here at Fargo City Hall members of the Fargo Police Department, Fargo Fire Department and the community at large gathered to remember the life of Jake Wallin. It has been one year since Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin lost his life in an ambush. Two other officers, Tyler Hawes and Andrew Dotas were also injured, along…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson has been awarded the TOP COPS award by the National Association of Police Organizations. He accepted the award Sunday in Washington, D.C. and was saluted by Sen. Kevin Cramer, Gov. Doug Burgum, Attorney General Drew Wrigley and Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski. Robinson was selected for showing exceptional bravery in the…
FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police Officer Tyler Hawes vividly remembers July 14th. Hawes was one of four people shot by a gunman after responding to a routine traffic crash on 25th Street in south Fargo. Hawes is speaking publicly about the shooting for the first time, in an interview conducted and produced by the city of Fargo. “Nothing I did that…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Members of the Sanford Health medical team who worked with Fargo Police officers Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes say their positive attitudes made it a pleasure to care for them after they were shot in July. Dr. Enej Gasevic said Officer Dotas – who was hospitalized for 22 days – probably had the best attitude of any…
FARGO (KFGO) – In the first few seconds after what had been nearly two straight minutes of gunfire on a busy south Fargo thoroughfare on a midsummer Friday afternoon, dash cam footage from inside the patrol car of Officers Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes lays bare an eerie scene. Sirens can be heard in the distance and the squad car’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Tyler Hawes has been released from the hospital. Fargo Police Department putting out video of the joyful moment Hawes got up out of a wheelchair and made his way out of Sanford Medical Center Monday. His release comes just days after fellow Officer Andrew Dotas was released from Sanford Medical Center. Both men…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — One of two Fargo police officers shot by a man who ambushed them and killed another officer last month has left the hospital. Officer Andrew Dotas walked out of Sanford Medical Center with his wife and child by his side on Saturday afternoon. Dozens of hospital staff, guard members and officers lined a path to the…
Officer Andrew Dotas and Officer Tyler HawesFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Department issuing a great update on the two other officers injured by the shooter on July 14. They say Officer Andrew Dotas was recently able to walk without the assistance of a walker. He is listed in serious but stable condition at Sanford which is also where Officer…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The man who killed a Fargo officer and wounded two others had another run-in with authorities during an apartment fire in September 2022. Fire crews spotted numerous weapons and propane tanks. He was interviewed by police even though Chief Zibolski says prior contact was “not anything significant”. Mohamad Barakat admitted to owning ten guns, 6,000…
