The man who was shot by a Jamestown police officer early Tuesday morning, Dec. 3, has been identified. Devin Quinn Fontenot, 27, of Jamestown, was the suspect involved in an active shooter incident outside Fred's Den,

JAMESTOWN — "He definitely saved some lives," said Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger. Edinger is referring to the police sergeant, who he says is a five-year veteran of the force, who shot and killed an active shooter outside of Freds Den in downtown Jamestown.

A Jamestown man is dead after an officer involved shooting early Tuesday morning.Jamestown Police say they were called to Fred’s Den Bar shortly after 1 a.m. Dec. 3, after reports of a man standing in the parking lot behind the bar who was armed with a gun and a knife.

Jamestown Police have identified the man who was shot and killed by police following a shooting incident outside of Fred’s Den early Tuesday. The shooter was 27-year-old Devin Quinn Fontenot of Jamestown.

Witness footage captured the morning’s deadly officer-involved shooting. A man was killed by Jamestown Police after they say he was thrown out of a bar and began firing shots in the back alley. “You kind of stop what you’re doing and pay attention,” Warren Abrahamson said.

The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead in Jamestown early Tuesday morning. Jamestown Police say officers were called for a report of a man with a gun and knife in the parking lot of a bar.

A man reportedly shooting a gun died after being shot by a Jamestown police officer early Tuesday, Dec. 3, in downtown Jamestown, according to Maj. Justin Blinsky, assistant chief of police for t Police Department.