{"id":6436,"date":"2026-01-04T06:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2026-01-24T04:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:58:36","slug":"grand-forks-ndhp-ids-pursuit-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/grand-forks-ndhp-ids-pursuit-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Forks: NDHP IDs Pursuit Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D.<\/strong> \u2014 The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the person who died following a brief pursuit south of Grand Forks Friday evening as 23-year-old Titan Newton of Oregon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to the Highway Patrol, troopers were alerted at about 5:39 p.m. Friday (Jan. 2)<\/strong> after a 911 report of an erratic driver in Grand Forks County. A trooper located the vehicle on Interstate 29 near mile marker 138<\/strong>, south of Grand Forks.<\/p>\n

NDHP says the vehicle stopped before emergency lights were activated. When the trooper asked the driver to exit, the driver refused and fled. The pursuit lasted about one mile<\/strong> before the vehicle became stuck in the median.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the driver was pronounced deceased at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound<\/strong>. NDHP also said no law enforcement officers discharged their weapons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Scanner traffic described a prolonged standoff<\/h2>\n

Radio traffic from the scene indicated officers attempted to communicate with the driver using a PA system and later used a drone to gain visibility into the vehicle. The traffic also described officers ultimately approaching the vehicle with a ballistic shield before determining the driver was deceased.<\/p>\n

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Grand Forks: NDHP IDs Pursuit Death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Traffic impacts and agencies involved<\/h2>\n

NDHP reported I-29 was shut down at about 6:00 p.m.<\/strong> and later reopened to one lane at about 6:20 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the Highway Patrol, responders included the Grand Forks Police Department<\/strong>, the Grand Forks Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/strong>, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation<\/strong>, which is assisting with the investigation.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/em> NDHP identified the deceased as Titan Newton of Oregon and said the vehicle was a 2024 Toyota Corolla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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If you or someone you know needs help:<\/strong> Call or text 988<\/strong> (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). It\u2019s free and confidential.<\/p>\n

TRF News<\/strong><\/a> will continue to follow updates as they are released.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 NDHP media release (Jan. 2, 2026): Grand Forks County Pursuit\/Shooting Investigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. \u2014 The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the person who died following a brief pursuit south of Grand Forks Friday evening as 23-year-old Titan Newton of Oregon. According to the Highway Patrol, troopers were alerted at about 5:39 p.m. Friday (Jan. 2) after a 911 report of an erratic driver… Continue reading Grand Forks: NDHP IDs Pursuit Death<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6443,"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":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_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":[772,1994,820,4868,457,1480,1123,1490,1989,3812,6202,151,7044,7047,599,1479,2313,1852,7103,7105,7106,1854,7104],"class_list":["post-6436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-forks","tag-friday","tag-grand","tag-grand-forks","tag-grand-forks-county","tag-grand-forks-police","tag-i-29","tag-identification","tag-ids","tag-man","tag-ndbci","tag-ndhp","tag-night","tag-north-dakota-highway-patrol","tag-oregon","tag-pursuit","tag-pursuitsuicide","tag-titan-newton","tag-toyota-corolla","tag-update","tag-update-identification-of-man-in-grand-forks-pursuit-suicide-friday-night","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436","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=6436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13382,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436\/revisions\/13382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}