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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating Thursday if a man suspected of shooting a North Dakota police officer who is not expected to survive subsequently shot himself, or if a police bullet took his life during an 11-hour standoff in Fargo The man police believe shot Officer Jason Moszer was found dead shortly before dawn inside the home where he had barricaded himself, Fargo Police Chief David Todd said. Authorities have not released the suspect's name. He appeared to have died from a gunshot wound but "we don't know if that was from us engaging him or something self-inflicted," Todd said. Todd said earlier that the man had exchanged gunfire with a SWAT officer. Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney said the suspect fired "a number of rounds" and that officers were going house to house in a six-block area "to find out where they all went." Todd said a squad car at the scene had been fired upon and that he believes the suspect was targeting law enforcement. Police said no one else in the neighborhood was hurt. Moszer, 33, who responded to a report of domestic violence at the home Wednesday evening, was struck by the suspect's gunfire, Fargo Deputy Police Chief Joe Anderson said. "Tonight, we're losing a brother, one of our fellow officers," Todd said, adding that it has been more than a century since a Fargo officer died in the line of duty. A SWAT team in an armored vehicle retrieved Moszer and took him to a medical facility, where his family was with him. "They are in the process of saying goodbye to him," a tearful Todd said at a news conference early Thursday. He said Moszer is married with two children. Anderson said authorities tried to communicate with the suspect through negotiators, but that he didn't respond and the SWAT team eventually entered the house and found the body. The incident began in one of Fargo's older residential neighborhoods near downtown around 7 p.m. after the man's son called dispatchers and said the suspect had fired a gun at his mother, the suspect's wife. The caller and his mother were able to escape the home unharmed, Anderson said. As law enforcement arrived, a standoff ensued, with the suspect firing multiple rounds from inside the property, Anderson said. Sarah Stensland, 26, lives less than a block from the suspect's home. She said she and her girlfriend locked the doors, turned off the lights and hunkered down in the basement for the night. "We were scared. We could hear gunshots very clearly, even from the basement," she said. "I felt like my nerves were on edge all night. I'm just exhausted." SWAT team officers checked on them about 1 a.m., Stensland said. They were given the all clear shortly before dawn. Students and staff at nearby Horace Mann Elementary School were shifted to another school Thursday so as not to impede the investigation, Fargo Public Schools said in a statement. The move was made at the request of the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which is handling the case.

Fargo police say officer shot during standoff won't survive