{"id":30525,"date":"2026-05-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=30525"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:00:48","slug":"fargo-gun-threat-charge-filed-against-west-fargo-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-gun-threat-charge-filed-against-west-fargo-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo Gun Threat Charge Filed Against West Fargo Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fargo Gun Threat Charge Filed Against West Fargo Man<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fargo<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A West Fargo man has been arrested after an alleged gun threat in Downtown Fargo.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on May 24 in the 300 block of Broadway North. Two people flagged down <a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Police<\/a> and reported a threat near a hot dog cart.<\/p>\n<h2>Alleged Threat Reported Downtown<\/h2>\n<p>According to court documents, the victims said Evan Fairchild approached them near the cart. They told police he began calling them derogatory names in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Documents say Fairchild then started a fight with the victims. During the encounter, he allegedly lifted his shirt. The victims said he showed a firearm in his waistband.<\/p>\n<p>Fairchild then allegedly made a threatening statement toward the victims. One victim told police he feared for his life.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-29_05-54-58.png\" alt=\"Mugshot of Evan Fairchild\" \/><em>Evan Fairchild<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Loaded Revolver Found, Documents Say<\/h2>\n<p>Police later found Fairchild with two other people on Broadway. He was detained on suspicion of brandishing a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents, police found a silver .44 Taurus Magnum revolver on Fairchild. The revolver was loaded with five bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Fairchild was arrested after the investigation. He now faces a charge of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Case records may be available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcourts.gov\/public-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Dakota Courts public access system<\/a>. More public safety information is also available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/fargond.gov\/city-government\/departments\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fargo Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No conviction has been reported in this case. Fairchild is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Fairchild of West Fargo faces a terrorizing charge after an alleged gun threat near Broadway North in Downtown Fargo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[11947,18082,18083,2639,900,1228,18084],"class_list":["post-30525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-broadway-north-fargo","tag-downtown-fargo-arrest","tag-evan-fairchild","tag-fargo-gun-threat","tag-fargo-police","tag-terrorizing-charge","tag-west-fargo-man-arrested","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30525"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30897,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525\/revisions\/30897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}