{"id":55707,"date":"2026-09-25T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=55707"},"modified":"2026-09-25T05:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:13:37","slug":"grand-forks-man-charged-after-pedestrians-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/grand-forks-man-charged-after-pedestrians-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Forks Man Charged After Pedestrians Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Grand Forks Man Charged After Pedestrians Hit<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Grand Forks<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Grand Forks man faces three attempted murder charges after a Wednesday evening crash.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the suspect as Ian Matthew Schneeweis.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called around 5:40 p.m. on September 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in the 1600 block of South 16th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Police received reports of a reckless driver who had struck a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle then hit a tree, leaving it disabled, according to police.<\/p>\n<h2>Police Say Several People Were Involved<\/h2>\n<p>Investigators said Schneeweis was driving a 2007 Honda Accord.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the car struck two pedestrians during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle also struck another motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the Honda then hit the entrance of an apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>A third pedestrian was also involved but was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that person took cover behind the tree that the vehicle later struck.<\/p>\n<p>The two injured pedestrians were taken to Altru Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police said their injuries were not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<h2>Driver Arrested After Leaving Scene<\/h2>\n<p>Police said the driver ran from the crash scene.<\/p>\n<p>Officers found Schneeweis a few blocks away and placed him under arrest.<\/p>\n<p>He was also taken to Altru Hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>After being medically cleared, Schneeweis was booked into the Grand Forks Correctional Center.<\/p>\n<p>He faces three counts of attempted murder and additional criminal charges.<\/p>\n<h2>Investigation Continues<\/h2>\n<p>Police have not released more details about what led to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have also not provided a full list of the additional charges.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains active.<\/p>\n<p>Official updates may be released through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksgov.com\/government\/city-departments\/police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Forks Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information about local court proceedings may also become available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Dakota Court System<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attempted murder charges are accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Schneeweis is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55882\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-55882\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Grand Forks Man Charged After Pedestrians Hit\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis-1568x882.png 1568w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ian-Matthew-Schneeweis.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Forks Man Charged After Pedestrians Hit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Grand Forks man faces three attempted murder charges after police say his car struck pedestrians, another vehicle, a tree and an apartment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55882,"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":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[25654,6738,1490,25655,939,11396,25656],"class_list":["post-55707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-grand-forks-attempted-murder","tag-grand-forks-crash","tag-grand-forks-police","tag-ian-matthew-schneeweis","tag-north-dakota-crime","tag-pedestrian-crash","tag-south-16th-street","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55707","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=55707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55883,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55707\/revisions\/55883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}