A Cedar Rapids man who led police on a high speed chase and then pointed a shotgun at two officers last year revealed details of the night that he told police he couldn’t remember. He also told a jury that his plan was to have police kill him.
A man on trial this week for pointing a shotgun at officers and discharging the gun, told an investigator he had no memory of leading them on high speed chase or being shot.
Two Cedar Rapids police officers testified Thursday about being forced to shoot Brandon Nelson, who had led officers on a high-speed chase, and then pointed a shotgun at them when he stopped and got out of his vehicle.
A Cedar Rapids police officer said Brandon Nelson, on trial this week for attempted murder and 12 other charges, came at him head-on during a high speed chase last year. Two officers will testify this week that Nelson also racked and pointed a shotgun at them when he finally stopped.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified the man killed as 30-year-old Matt Davis of Hampton.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the State Patrol said they had been asked to investigate the shooting.
Police are refusing to release body camera video of three Des Moines officers fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy during a domestic disturbance last month because of state law preventing footage that shows a minor committing a “delinquent act.”
The wife and mother of a Waterloo man who was fatally shot by an officer last year for eluding and driving erratically is suing the City of Waterloo and officer for wrongful death and use of excessive force.
A brief chase happened until the fleeing vehicle crashed and the occupants of the vehicle fled on foot.
Advocates for Social Justice worked with the family of William Rich, who was killed by police on Aug. 30, to organize protests requesting the release of police body camera footage of the incident. The non-profit released a statement Thursday in response to a decision that the shooting was legally justified.
Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks released a report Wednesday from the Iowa Attorney General’s Office detailing the investigation into the officer-involved shooting of William Isaac Rich in Cedar Rapids on Aug. 30. The report concluded that the shooting was justified, and Maybanks agreed in a released statement.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department released body camera footage Thursday of the fatal officer-involved shooting of William Rich on Aug. 30.
A Cedar Rapids man who was shot by police officers on July 30 was released from the hospital and booked into the Linn County Correctional Center on Wednesday.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified two Cedar Rapids police officers who fatally shot a man on Aug. 30.
While two officers attempted to detain the man, he brandished a weapon and the officers fired their weapons. The type of weapon brandished was not specified in the news release.
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