On July 14, 2023, 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat opened fire on a group of police officers who were responding to an unrelated traffic collision in Fargo, North Dakota. One officer was killed, and two others and a civilian bystander were injured, before Barakat was killed by another officer on the scene who was uninjured.

The gunman, 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat, shot and killed Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin and wounded officers Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes as they responded to a routine traffic crash on July 14, authorities said. Barakat also wounded a bystander, Karlee Koswick, as she tried to flee.

The gunman, identified as 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat, opened fire on police and firefighters as they responded to a traffic crash in Fargo last week, killing one officer and wounding two other officers and a woman at the scene before he was shot and killed by another police officer.

Mohamad Barakat, 37, was shot dead by the police last week after he had opened fire on officers responding to an unrelated car crash in Fargo.