Update: North Dakota Deputy Killed in Pursuit Identified; Suspect Photo Revealed as Son of Senator Cramer

MERCER COUNTY, ND (trfnews.i234.me) The Highway Patrol has identified a Mercer County Deputy killed in a pursuit on Wednesday as: Paul Martin, 53, Beulah. Martin was an 18-year veteran with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office and is survived by his wife and three children.
The suspect in this case is Ian Cramer, the son of North Dakota Senator, Kevin Cramer.
the North Dakota Highway Patrol has now identified the Mercer County North Dakota Deputy killed in a Pursuit crash on Wednesday as 53-year-old Paul Martin of Bula North Dakota Deputy Martin was an 18-year veteran with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office and has survived by his wife and three children an ambulance ha an ambulance ambulance ambulance please respond to Buffalo Hill Buffalo Hill for a head-on collision law enforcement vehicle versus a flee vehicle a Mercer County Deputy was killed trying to stop a Pursuit late Wednesday afternoon while standing by his vehicle deploying Stop Sticks when his Squad was struck by Ian Kramer who was being pursued he’s the son of North Dakota Senator kin Kramer according to statements from the hyu patrol and Senator Kramer 42-year-old Ian Kramer suffers from serious mental disorders and had been taken to Sanford emergency room in bismar by his mother Wednesday because Ian wanted to be with his brother Ike who died of alcohol abuse in 2018 at the hospital Ian jumped into the driver’s seat of a Tahoe and took off his sister was able to track his cell phone where Pursuit ended uh just west of Hazen on Buffalo Hill at 5:39 p.m. mountain time Wednesday please respond to Buffalo Hills Buffalo Hill for a head-on collision law enforcement vehicle versus a fleeing vehicle car is on fire the patrol says during the pursuit the vehicle Kramer was driving veered and crashed head on into an unoccupied Mercer County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle that was parked on a roadside approach the Sheriff’s Office vehicle was displaying its emergency lights at the time the deputy was standing outside side behind the patrol vehicle when it was struck the impact of the crash pushed the patrol vehicle into the deputy killing him at the time the deputy Was preparing to deploy a tire deflation device in an attempt to end the pursuit Kramer was taken into custody and transported to the sakaka weia medical center in Hazen and uh then taken to Jail uh as of uh 5:03 a.m. on this uh Thursday say we do not have a booking photo of him yet in a statement from Senator Kramer he says in part we ask the public for prayers for the Lost officers family and colleagues who serve us every day and are grateful for all they do for us we also ask God for healing for Ian we love him and hurt deeply I’m Neil Berg reporting for I trfnews.i234.me

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