PORTLAND, N.D. (VNL) – On Friday, June 28th, Deputies of the Traill County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple reports of gunshots on 7th Street in the city of Portland.

Upon arrival, deputies discovered two males, ages 42 and 43, had been shot. The female suspect, 42-year-old Sarah “Sadie” Rix, had locked herself inside a white van parked on the street.

Deputies were able to set a perimeter around the suspects van while allowing the two wounded men to get away from the scene and to the Sanford Hospital in Mayville.

Residents of the apartments and homes in the vicinity of the van were evacuated from the area.