A FARGO POLICE OFFICER IS BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING THE LIFE OF A MAN WHO WAS DISTRAUGHT, DEPRESSED AND HOLDING A KNIFE TO HIS OWN THROAT. TONIGHT, THAT MAN WHO NEARLY KILLED HIMSELF....AND THE OFFICER WHO TASERED HIM....TALK WITH REPORTER KEVIN WALLEVAND ABOUT THE DRAMATIC FEW MOMENTS. SOT WITH COP WORKING NIGHTS, FARGO POLICE OFFICER GRANT KENDALL HAS SEEN IT ALL. THAT IS UNTIL A CALL CAME IN JUST DAYS AGO. AN INTOXICATED MAN, AT HOME, WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS THREATENING TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. SOT IT WAS THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. WAITING FOR BACK-UP, OFFICER KENDALL DREW HIS WEAPON. SOT WITH THE MAN REFUSING TO PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. KENDALL TOOK OUT HIS TASER. HE’D BEEN TRAINED TO USE IT. AND NOW IT WAS THE OPTION TO SAVE THIS MAN FROM HIMSELF. SOT [GRANT KENDALL\FARGO POLICE OFFICER] THE INDIVIDUAL, WE'LL CALL BOB ASKS WE NOT IDENTIFY HIM. HE HAD JUST LOST A CLOSE FRIEND IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. AND AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING REMEMBERS SO LITTLE OF THAT NIGHT. SOT [BOB\FARGO POLICE SAVED HIM] HE DOES SAY OFFICER KENDALL'S DECISION TO PUT THE GUN AWAY AND USE THE TASER CHANGED HIS LIFE, AND MORE. SOT STAND UP [CG :Reporter Super\KEVIN WALLEVAND\kwallevand@wday.com] SOT [SARAH\HUSBAND SAVED BY FARGO POLICE] SOT A FATHER OF TWO, A HUSBAND AND SON, WILL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS KNOWING ONE OFFICER KNEW THIS MAN DESERVED A CHANCE TO GET WELL AND LIVE.
A FARGO POLICE OFFICER IS BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING THE LIFE OF A MAN WHO WAS DISTRAUGHT, DEPRESSE...
