Fargo police identify man killed, two officers shot him – InForum

FARGO — The man who was shot and killed by police officers after leaving his home with a gun during an interaction with police in south Fargo on Wednesday, Nov. 13 has been identified.

A release from the Fargo Police Department on Friday, November 15 states that the victim was 65-year-old Peter Greco.

The department also identified the two officers who responded to the incident as Sgt. Lucas Mock, who has been with the department for eight years, and Officer Princeten Harris, who has been on the job for 10 months and is a recent Class VII graduate of the Fargo Police Academy.

Officers responded to the home in the 6100 block of 61st Avenue South, about a half-mile south of Deer Creek Elementary School, at 10:12 a.m.

They spoke with Greco, who said he had suicidal thoughts, for more than half an hour before emerging from his home armed with a handgun. At that point, the two Fargo officers shot him, Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski said.

A neighbor, Dustin Bentow, told WDAY News that Greco was a military veteran.

“He was a very quiet person – he always said, ‘Hello,’” Bentow said.

Zibolski said Greco called 911 for medical assistance several times earlier in the day Wednesday, starting around 7:30 a.m., adding that Greco was known to Fargo police and had made frequent similar calls, including six times earlier this year and several before. This year.

Fargo emergency medical personnel and firefighters already had units on scene due to the nature of the call and provided immediate medical assistance to Greco following the shooting, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mock was hired as a patrol officer in 2016, promoted to sergeant in November 2021 and now serves as a day shift supervisor in the Neighborhood Services Division, the release states.

Mock also serves as commander of the FPD Crowd Management Team, previously served on the Red River Valley SWAT Team for four years and was an instructor in the Training and Development Unit.

Harris is currently completing his field training through the department’s police officer training program, the release said.

Mock and Harris are on paid administrative leave pending a use of force investigation by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

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