Police processional for fallen Grand Forks officer

Police officers and other first responders participate in a processional along Columbia Road for a Grand Forks police officer who was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday, May 27. (Sydney Mook / Grand Forks Herald)



Drone footage of processional was provided by Riley Menke.

Law enforcement and other first-responders participated in a processional along Columbia Road Wednesday night to honor a Grand Forks police officer who died following a call at a Grand Forks apartment building.

The officer's death is the second related to the incident, which also took the life of a woman who was in the apartment at the time. It started around 2:30 p.m. as a routine service of eviction papers at the residence of Salamah Q. Pendleton, 41, according to Lt. Derik Zimmel, a spokesman for the Grand Forks Police Department. It quickly escalated into gunfire, initiated by Pendleton, according to Zimmel.

It's the first line-of-duty death in Grand Forks since 1966

The officer's name has not been released, pending family notification.

Following a vigil at Altru Hospital Wednesday night, first-responders, a majority of whom were law enforcement, held a processional to honor the officer

Police officers and other first responders participate in a processional along Columbia Road for a Grand Forks police officer who was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday, May 27. (Sydney Mook / Grand Forks Herald)


Police officers and other first responders participate in a processional along Columbia Road for a Grand Forks police officer who was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday, May 27. (Sydney Mook / Grand Forks Herald)