{"id":225885,"date":"2021-05-20T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=225885"},"modified":"2021-05-20T11:39:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:39:56","slug":"west-fargo-police-officer-dies-from-medical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=225885","title":{"rendered":"West Fargo Police Officer had heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 West Fargo police says the officer who died while on duty had a heart attack. Forty-year-old Lt. Adam Gustafson died Tuesday afternoon police at Sanford hospital where he was taken after suffering the attack at police headquarters. The Cass County coroner\u2019s office made the cause of death determination. Police Chief Denis Otterness says Gustafson will be remembered for \u201chis contagious smile and laughter, along with his dedication, teamwork and service to the City of West Fargo.\u201d Gustafson joined the department over 10 years ago and had recently been promoted to lieutenant.<\/p>\n

Previously<\/p>\n

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 West Fargo police have identified the officer who died after suffering a medical emergency while on duty. Forty-year-old Lt. Adam Gustafson died Tuesday afternoon after experiencing a undisclosed medical emergency at the police station. West Fargo firefighters and ambulance paramedics attempted to save Gustafson who died later at Sanford hospital. Police Chief Denis Otterness says Gustafson will be remembered for “his contagious smile and laughter, along with his dedication, teamwork and service to the City of West Fargo.\u201d Gustafson joined the department over 10 years ago and had recently been promoted to lieutenant.<\/p>\n

KFGO reports that a memorial honoring Lieutenant Gustafson has been set up in the public lobby of the West Fargo City Hall\u2019s Grand Foyer.<\/p>\n

Updates on Lieutenant Adam Gustafson\u2019s memorial service will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

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Previously<\/p>\n

WEST FARGO (KFGO) \u2013 A West Fargo police officer has died of a medical emergency. The name of the officer has not been released. Police Chief Denis Otterness made the announcement Tues. afternoon. He said the officer died at a Fargo hospital.<\/p>\n

FM Ambulance and West Fargo Fire first-responders had been called to the police dept. on 9th St. earlier in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Additional details have not been released.<\/p>\n

The Cass County Sheriff\u2019s Office will temporarily handle police calls within the city of West Fargo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 West Fargo police says the officer who died while on duty had a heart attack. Forty-year-old Lt. Adam Gustafson died Tuesday afternoon police at Sanford hospital where he was taken after suffering the attack at police headquarters. The Cass County coroner\u2019s office made the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":225952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225885"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226053,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225885\/revisions\/226053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/225952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}