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'Better than us forcing a confrontation,' Moorhead police call off early-morning standoff

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ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTMOORHEAD, MN - Police were called to the Regal Estates around 6:30 Sunday morning after someone called 911 to say a family member had fired a gun into the floor during an argument.Officers closed off a section of 6th Avenue North for two hours as they tried to talk the man into coming out of the home.However, those attempts were unsuccessful.ADVERTISEMENTSince the man will likely not face any serious charges, and the fact the man was drunk, officers decided to let him sleep it off rather than force a potential confrontation."When we arrive we want to try and solve the problem, we definitely don't want to make the problem worse, and we definitely don't want to force a confrontation, especially one involving guns. In this situation we weighed all the options that we had available, and we felt this was the best and safest way to go about this one," said Sergeant Joel Voxland.The man arrived at the police station voluntarily around 10 a.m., about an hour after police had left.He was questioned and allowed to leave.Police have not identified the man.They aren't sure if he will be charged.He was asked to turn over all of his guns.The family member was allowed to return home.ADVERTISEMENTThe South Dakota Highway Patrol said it's currently unclear which of the four occupants was driving at the time of the crash.Follow this Fargo-Moorhead news and weather podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.Agtegra Cooperative provides grain rescue training for workers in its many locations, as well as a close-up rescue drill exposure for medical students at the University of South Dakota. Agtegra and USD also are supporters of a new program that provides training and a “ditch kit” for rural people who help if someone is injured.Bruce Albert Storhoff, 51, was driving his Polaris Ranger 900XP south on Cass County Highway 38, when he drove from the west ditch onto Highway 38 and then veered into the east ditch.ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTMOORHEAD, MN - Police were called to the Regal Estates around 6:30 Sunday morning after someone called 911 to say a family member had fired a gun into the floor during an argument.Officers closed off a section of 6th Avenue North for two hours as they tried to talk the man into coming out of the home.However, those attempts were unsuccessful.ADVERTISEMENTSince the man will likely not face any serious charges, and the fact the man was drunk, officers decided to let him sleep it off rather than force a potential confrontation."When we arrive we want to try and solve...

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