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Fargo officer killed in ambush remembered as ‘brave young man’

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By JACK DURA
Associated Press

A police officer in Fargo, North Dakota, who was ambushed and fatally shot by a heavily armed man was laid to rest on Saturday. Twenty-three-year-old Jake Wallin was killed July 14 when a man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition, multiple guns and explosives began firing on officers who were responding to a traffic crash. Two other officers and a civilian were wounded before a fourth officer returned fire, killing gunman Mohamad Barakat. Authorities say Wallin was cremated in his police uniform. The Fargo Police Department escorted his cremains Saturday to Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, where his funeral service was held.

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