Decision to evacuate a dozen homes and several proximate businesses was necessitated by the presence of hazardous materials in 15 to 20 cars onboard the train.
One police officer was killed and two others were critically injured in a violent shooting that also left the suspect dead in Fargo, North Dakota, authorities said.
The USSS’s statement asserted that “security systems” were checked and “several hundreds individuals” indexed, yet, apparently, no potential suspect was identified.