West Fargo Shooting (U.S)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2018-03-14

On Monday the 12th of March 2018, A man named Justin Lee Dietrich, 32, was shot & killed by police officers from the Fargo-Moorhead area of West Fargo City in Cass County, North Dakota, United States of America.

West Fargo Police Chief Heith Janke said Monday that the incident began about 8:30 p.m. when a West Fargo officer tried to pull over Dietrich – who was suspected of possessing stolen handguns.

However, the attempted traffic stop turned into a high-speed chase through the city.

Dietrich rammed a West Fargo police vehicle during the pursuit, & he eventually stopped in the 1000 block of 11th Street West. There, he holed up in his truck, & officers believed there were weapons in the vehicle, authorities said.

At 10 p.m., the SWAT team took over negotiations with Dietrich. At 10:37 p.m., he got out of his vehicle, "refused to follow commands, & posed an imminent deadly threat to the SWAT operators. Four SWAT operators fired at the suspect," according to a joint news release from Fargo & West Fargo officials.

Dietrich was taken by ambulance to Sanford Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. West Fargo spokeswoman Melissa Richard said she could not confirm whether weapons were found inside Dietrich’s vehicle or whether he was believed to be armed at the time of the shooting. Moorhead police & a representative of the BCI directed all inquires about the shooting to West Fargo officials.

According to North Dakota officials, two of the SWAT team members who fired at Dietrich are identified as Sgts. Shane Aberle & Troy Hannig of the Fargo Police Department.

The Moorhead Police Department identified the two Minnesota-based SWAT team members who fired at Dietrich as Moorhead Officer Brandon Desautel & Clay County Deputy Kyle Diekmann.

Aberle has been with the Fargo Police Department for 15 years, & was promoted to the rank of sergeant in December 2013.

Hannig has been with the Fargo Police Department for 10 years, & was promoted to the rank of sergeant in January 2017.

Desautel has been with the Moorhead Police Department for four years, & Diekmann has been with the Clay County Sheriff's Office for four years.

The four officers have been placed on standard paid administrative leave. Photos of the Minnesota officers are not being provided in compliance with Minnesota data practices law, a release from Moorhead police said.

Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Fargo,+ND,+USA/
Police Report: https://en-gb.facebook.com/WESTFARGOPOLICE/posts/10156264995487962
Source: https://www.wday.com/news/crime-and-courts/4417021-imminent-deadly-threat-man-officers-involved-fatal-west-fargo-shooting

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