Officer Cody Holte
GRAND FORKS, ND (KFGO) – The Grand Forks Police Officer who died after a shootout at an apartment building Wed. afternoon has been identified.
He was 29-year-old Cody Holte. Holte was one of the officers who answered an assistance call from two Grand Forks County deputies who were met with gunfire while serving an eviction notice.
The suspect, 41-year-old Salamah Pendleton, was shot in the exchange of bullets as was a deputy who suffered wounds to his abdomen and leg. That officer is expected to recover. A woman in the apartment, 61-year-old Lola Moore of Grand Forks, also died of gunshot wounds.
Officer Holte was married with an infant son. The State Bureau of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation.
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