Latest: Police Say Suspect in Shooting of Fargo Cop Found Dead

A Fargo, North Dakota man got into a standoff with police, resulting in one officer’s death.
Latest: Police Say Suspect in Shooting of Fargo Cop Found Dead
Authorities block off an area in front of Plymouth Congregational Church and near a house in north Fargo, N.D., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, where a suspect fired at police officers during an 11-hour standoff that left a Fargo police officer near death. Police chief Dave Todd says that Officer Jason Moszer will not survive his wounds. The suspect, who has not been identified was found dead from a shotgun wound. AP Photo/Dave Kolpack
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FARGO, N.D.—The latest on a standoff in Fargo, North Dakota, that has left a police officer with life-threatening injuries (all times local):

7:50 a.m.

Police say a suspect in the shooting of a North Dakota police officer has been found shot to death in the home where he barricaded himself for about 11 hours. The injured officer, Jason Moszer, is not expected to survive.

Police Chief David Todd says a SWAT team entered the Fargo home shortly before dawn Thursday and found the man’s body. Todd says he doesn’t know if the suspect was hit in an earlier exchange of gunfire with a SWAT officer or if he shot himself.

Police have not released the suspect’s name.

The standoff began Wednesday evening following a domestic violence report. Police said the suspect fired multiple rounds from inside the home, seriously injuring Moszer. Todd says Moszer is in a hospital and that his family is “saying goodbye to him.”

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6:50 a.m.

Police say a standoff at a Fargo home that left a police officer mortally wounded has ended.

Fargo Police Chief David Todd said in a news release early Thursday that the situation has been resolved and that neighbors need no longer shelter in place.

Two Cass County sheriff's deputies secure an area in North Fargo, N.D., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 one block from a house where a suspect is accused of shooting a police officer. Officer Jason Moszer was shot during a standoff with a domestic violence suspect and is not expected to survive authorities in Fargo said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)
Two Cass County sheriff's deputies secure an area in North Fargo, N.D., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 one block from a house where a suspect is accused of shooting a police officer. Officer Jason Moszer was shot during a standoff with a domestic violence suspect and is not expected to survive authorities in Fargo said Thursday. AP Photo/Dave Kolpack