{"id":1974355,"date":"2023-07-16T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-dead-others-injured-in-apparent-ambush-gunman-identified\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:22:23","slug":"police-officer-dead-others-injured-in-apparent-ambush-gunman-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-dead-others-injured-in-apparent-ambush-gunman-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer killed, others hurt in apparent ambush &#8211; gunman identified."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officer-dead-others-injured-in-apparent-ambush-gunman-identified%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974355&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Police Officer Dead,\u200d Others\ud834\udd7a Injured in\u2063 Apparent Ambush -\u2064 Gunman \u2063Identified<\/h2>\n<p>When Jake Wallin\ud834\udd7a returned\u200c from duty in \u200cAfghanistan, he wanted\u2062 to continue a \u2064life \u200bof service that made a difference. \u2063He was just \u200dbeginning\u200c that life as \ud834\udd7aa Fargo, North Dakota, police\ud834\udd7a officer,\u200d when\u2063 he\u200c was gunned down Friday\u200d in what a witness said\u2062 appeared to be an ambush.<\/p>\n<p>Officers\u2062 Andrew \u200bDotas, and Tyler Hawes \u2062were wounded in\u2062 the incident. Both were\u200d listed in \u2062critical condition.\u200c Officer \u200dZach Robinson returned fire, \u2062killing the suspected\u200d gunman, identified as \u2062Mohamad\ud834\udd7a Barakat, 37,\u2062 according to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfyrtv.com\/2023\/07\/15\/details-friday-shooting-fargo-that-killed-one-officer\/\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFYR-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the \u200ctime, police \u2062had responded to a report of \u200ca routine \u2064car \u2063accident.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Chenoa\u2062 Peterson. \ud834\udd7aSaid the \u200battack \u200cappeared to her to \u2064be an <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alleged-serial-killer-4-deaths-stacked-murder-list-used-ambush-style-tactics-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambush<\/a>, according to \u2063<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fargo-north-dakota-officer-killed-police-shooting-be4b9ecde48d4178893e4fe4486bbb12\" target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">The Associated\u2064 Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FargoPolice?\">@FargoPolice<\/a> Officer Jake \u200bWallin was just 23 years \ud834\udd7aold\u200d with \u200c3 months on the\u200d Job. Today, he was shot\ud834\udd7a and \u200ckilled\u2064 in the line of duty\u200d \u2014 ambushed\u2064 alongside his fellow \u2062cops who \u200bwere\u2062 injured as\u2064 they investigated\u200d a \u2063car crash.\u2063 This\u200c tragic \u200dincident is \u2063yet another stark\ud834\udd7a reminder of the\u2026 <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTFZF97jC9\">pic.twitter.com\/eTFZF97jC9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bBill Bratton\u2064 (@CommissBratton) <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommissBratton\/status\/1680413220912390144?\">July 16, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She \u2062said Barakat was at\ud834\udd7a the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-police-officers-shot-ambush-attack-suspect-custody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back of \u200ca \u2064car<\/a> in a parking \u200dlot near\u2064 the crash and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">opened fire<\/a> when\u200c the officers\u2064 were about 20 feet away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was holding up the trunk \u2063of the \u2064car with \u2064his\ud834\udd7a arm, and then\u2064 I see\u200b the \u200bgun come up, and he\u2064 set it on his shoulder \u2064and\ud834\udd7a just pointed it\u200c directly at an\u200c officer in front of\u2063 him.\u200c It was like 10\u200c shots right away,\u201d she \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b officers\u2063 were not looking in the direction \ud834\udd7aof the attack,\u2063 she said.<\/p>\n<p>Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski said \u2064police \u200cdo\u2063 not\u2062 know why \u2062Barakat opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe events of\ud834\udd7a the last 24 \u2063hours have been among\u2064 the\u2062 most difficult in our department\u2019s nearly 150-year history. This was a\ud834\udd7a heinous \u2064and unthinkable\u200c act of aggression against our \u200bofficers and \u200cthe entire metro community,\u201d \u2062he \u2063said \u2062Saturday,\u200b according to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/officer-killed-fargo-north-dakota-shooting-suspect-dead\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs\u200c we all\u2064 try to \u200ccomprehend what has\u2062 transpired and \u2064mourn\u2063 the impact on our team and the entire community, we are bracing \u2064for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-dead-others-injured-in-apparent-ambush-gunman-identified\/\" title=\"Police officer killed, others hurt in apparent ambush - gunman identified.\">extremely difficult days\ud834\udd7a ahead<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition\u200b to\u200c the officers, a\u00a0\u200c 25-year-old woman was\u2062 shot. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-apartment-fire-injures-multiple-people-including-firefighters\/\" title=\"New York City apartment fire injures multiple people, including firefighters\">fire truck<\/a> was also hit by gunfire,\u200c Zibolski\ud834\udd7a said,\u2064 according to <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/police-shooting-suspect-dead-north-dakota\/44550966\">KCRA-TV<\/a>, which compiled its report from\u200b various dispatches.<\/p>\n<p>Zibolski said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-officer-shot-ambush-style-attack-gunman-lures-officers-home\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a>\u2064 into a possible ambush was \u2062ongoing, and \u200cthat\u200b police had a previous\u2063 interaction with\u200b Barakat \u2062\u201cbut not anything significant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallin,\u200c 23, of St. \u2062Michael, \u2064Minnesota, was in training, having \u2062only joined \u200bthe \ud834\udd7aFargo \u2064force three months ago. \u2064He had\u200b served in the Minnesota \ud834\udd7aArmy\u200d National Guard \u200cand \u200dwas deployed to Afghanistan, Zibolski\u200b said.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u200b class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u2062dir=\"ltr\" \u200blang=\"en\">\u201cidentified the\u200d suspect as \ud834\udd7aMohamad \u200bBarakat, 37, of\u200c Fargo\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e0TpsS1VVS\">https:\/\/t.co\/e0TpsS1VVS<\/a> via\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews?\">@nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Adams\u200d \u2013 Barbarians at \u2063our Mexican Border (@fegroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fegroup\/status\/1680552544915927044?\">July 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe served his country, came back here and wanted nothing more\u200d but to serve \u200bin a position with purpose\u200b and meaning \u2013 his exact words \u2014 and he\u200d did that,\u201d Zibolski \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2062 a \u200dSaturday\u200c news conference, Zibolski \u2064showed a video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chilling-bodycam-footage-shows-moment-murder-suspect-ambushed-phoenix-police-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">Wallin<\/a> as he\u200c spoke of\u2063 his \u2064career choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p\u2062 dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We mourn the loss and honor the\u200c memory \u2064of\ud834\udd7a fallen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fargo?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fargo<\/a> \u2063Police Officer\u200c Jake\u2064 Wallin (End\u2063 of Watch \u2013 \u206407.14.2023). <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cNnWr9raMR\">pic.twitter.com\/cNnWr9raMR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fargo\u2064 Police (@FargoPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FargoPolice\/status\/1680321535922274305?\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my \u200bentire life, I\u2019ve always wanted to\u2062 work\u2064 in some sort of position that\u2062 had \u200cpurpose behind my\u2063 job\u200c and police\u200c officer \u200bis always what \u2062kind \ud834\udd7aof came to me,\u201d\u200b Wallin\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to\ud834\udd7a be sitting in an\u200c office wondering why I\u2019m here every day. I\ud834\udd7a want to be out, \u2062I\u200b want\u2064 to\u200c be doing something \u200bthat\u200c I can\ud834\udd7a tell \u200cmyself at \ud834\udd7athe\ud834\udd7a end \u2064of the\u2062 day I made \u2064a difference\u200d somehow,\u201d\u200d he \ud834\udd7asaid.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" \ud834\udd7ahref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-officer-dead-others-injured-apparent-ambush-gunman-identified\/\">Police Officer Dead, Others Injured \u2062in \u2064Apparent \u200cAmbush\u200b &#8211; Gunman Identified<\/a>\u2064 appeared first \u2063on <a\u200d rel=\"nofollow\"\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2064 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Wallin, a former Afghanistan duty member, aimed to pursue a meaningful life of service upon his return. Tragically, as a Fargo police officer, he was fatally shot in what seemed to be an ambush. 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