Articles Tagged: Officer-involved shooting

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has found the November officer-involved shooting of a wanted Waterloo man was justified.

“Minnesota is a microcosm of a lot of the tensions we have in our society,” a political scientist at Hamline University in St. Paul says.

The killing of 37-year-old Renee Good set off a clash between federal officials who insist the shooting was an act of self-defense and Minneapolis officials who dispute that narrative.

An Alabama man who was shot last week while exchanging gunfire with Linn County Sheriff’s deputies in Hiawatha is facing charges of attempted murder of a peace officer, according to a press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man shot by officers on Wednesday during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement.

A man sustained critical injuries Wednesday after being shot during an exchange of gunfire with officers from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

One person was injured in an officer-involved shooting on Thanksgiving Day after state troopers responded to a report of gunfire at a home.

No charges will be filed against four Cedar Rapids police officers after an officer-involved shooting in August, according to a report from the Linn County Attorney’s Office which ruled the shooting justified.

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office issued a report Friday concluding that a fatal officer-involved shooting in Tama County in July, in which a man told police to shoot him while threatening them with an airsoft gun that looked real, was justified.

Aaron T. Rich, 22, had stolen a gun from southwest side store on Aug. 5 shortly before leading police on a chase in Cedar Rapids, police said. The chase ended with Rich being shot following a pursuit, in which he allegedly pointed a gun at officers.

The fatal shooting of a Linn County man by law enforcement officers during a traffic stop near Cascade in Dubuque County last month was justified, according to a report issued Friday by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.

The shooting happened following a pursuit which ended in the 1200 block of 15th St. SE around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday. The Iowa Division of Investigation will continue to investigate the incident.

Authorities say the 36-year-old displayed a handgun; a Dubuque County sheriff's sergeant was injured and released from hospital

The Dubuque County deputy, who has not been identified, was shot during a high risk traffic stop on Highway 151 near Cascade early Tuesday in which a driver fired shots. The driver was killed in the incident.

The Linn County Attorney’s Office ruled Monday that the use of deadly force by two Cedar Rapids police officers in February — during an exchange of gunfire during an 11-hour standoff — was justified. No one was injured in the shooting.