Candlelight vigil: Fargo mourns death of police officer killed in line of duty
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Candlelight vigil: Fargo mourns death of police officer killed in line of duty
Some 200 people gathered late Thursday night for a candlelight vigil to honor fallen police Officer Jason Moszer, 33, a six-year veteran of the Fargo Police Department who died Thursday of a gunshot wound suffered while responding to a domestic disturbance hours earlier. Fargo, N.D., Mayor Tim Mahoney said in a statement that the city was “profoundly saddened” by the death of Moszer, who won a Silver Star commendation after he and another officer were credited with risking their lives in 2011 to rescue two children from an apartment fire.
A tragedy affecting our men and women in uniform impacts our entire community.
Tim Mahoney, mayor of Fargo, N.D.
Moszer was hit while standing outside a house near downtown around 7 p.m. Wednesday. He is only the second Fargo police officer to die in the line of duty. Frederick Alderman was shot to death July 5, 1882. Moszer’s suspected shooter, Marcus Schumacher, 49, was found dead shortly before dawn Thursday. Police said they weren’t sure whether Schumacher died of a police bullet or shot himself.
