FARGO – Two bullet holes could be seen in the apartment door Friday morning, plugged with dark brown wood putty and covered with a piece of clear plastic tape.

The holes were evidence of the violence that transpired Wednesday night, March 21, when a Fargo police officer fired two shots that hit Orlando Estrada, who authorities said threatened officers with a knife.

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The patched bullet holes are perhaps an inch and a half from each other, just a few inches to the right of the deadbolt, about mid-chest or heart high on a man of average height. No one answered the door Friday, March 23.

Estrada, of Fargo, was charged Friday with two felonies in Cass County District Court: terrorizing and attempted aggravated assault on a peace officer with a dangerous weapon. He also faces a misdemeanor count of violating an order prohibiting contact related to a previous case.

A judge set Estrada’s bail at $75,000 cash or bond, which prosecutors recommended given his criminal history in Clay and Cass counties, and due to the seriousness of the allegations against him.

According to court documents and Fargo Police Chief David Todd:

Fargo police officers responded about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance call at 3101 32nd St. S., concerning a man and woman arguing.

When they arrived, officers encountered a man who didn’t identify himself and said officers would need a warrant to enter the apartment.

Officers searched previous calls for service and found several domestic disturbances involving Estrada and a woman known to him. The woman had an active order prohibiting contact between Estrada and herself.

Officers knocked on the door and asked for the woman to come to the door so they could check on her welfare. Eventually, the woman exited the apartment with a child she has in common with Estrada. Officers said they saw a fresh cut on her forehead.

The woman said she had been struck by an object but would not say by who, the documents said. Police then ordered Estrada to leave the apartment.

As officers moved into position to enter the unit, Estrada quickly opened the door and brandished a large knife above his head that was positioned for a downward stabbing motion, court documents said.

At that point Estrada was within just a few feet of officers in the threshold of the doorway, Todd said. As officers reacted and tried to bring their weapons to bear, Estrada tried to close the door, the chief said.

Officer Jacob Rued, who’s been with the department for two years, fired two rounds from his handgun, which Todd said passed through the door as it was being rapidly closed by Estrada.

Estrada “was lurching back and closing the door as the officer was firing. And that’s how there were two holes in the door,” and Estrada got shot, Todd said.

Estrada then secured the door, court documents said. Officers asked other people in the apartment to come out, and two men did. Estrada, however, refused to do so.

Sometime during all of this, Estrada made a video that was obtained by WDAY-TV. In the video, Estrada, who is apparently talking with a law enforcement negotiator, repeatedly displays the wounds on his torso and demands to talk with his brother, his “baby mama” and the officer who shot him.

Estrada later agreed to leave the apartment and was taken to Essentia Hospital for treatment. He’s now being held in the Cass County Jail.

Rued was placed on paid administrative leave while his actions in the incident are being investigated by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Todd said. It was the fourth officer-involved shooting in the area in 40 days.

A resident of the apartment building, Alexandra Steele, said Friday morning that she and her boyfriend started hearing arguments coming from another unit in the building two weeks before.

Late Wednesday, they heard a loud banging that shook the walls, along with the screaming of children. Steele said that’s when her boyfriend called the police.

The couple also heard a man standing on a balcony, yelling that “he was ready to die,” she said.

Diamond Richardson lives across the hall from where the shooting took place. “I heard the shots,” she said, adding that she grew up in Detroit, so she was familiar with the sound of gunfire.

“There was about 15 cops surrounding the door,” Richardson said. “I honestly thought he (Estrada) was going to be dead.”

Steele said Rued was the officer who escorted her outside as the incident continued to unfold. “He seemed pretty shaken up,” Steele said of Rued.

She said she gave him a hug. “I felt he needed it,” Steele said.

Estrada has a number of misdemeanor convictions in Clay County reaching back to 2008, according to court records. He’s been convicted of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, DWI, rioting, disorderly conduct, driving without a license and driving after revocation of his license.

Estrada’s criminal record in Cass County is less extensive, but does include a felony charge of interfering with an emergency call in a case filed in November that also involved a misdemeanor domestic violence charge of simple assault. That case is still working its way through the court system.