Two police officers were shot and killed in an apparent ambush attack early this morning near Des Moines, Iowa.
Officials have launched a statewide manhunt for the suspect, who has been identified as 46-year-old Urbandale resident Scott Michael Greene. Greene was last known to be driving a blue 2011 Ford truck with a silver-colored topper and a ladder rack. He is believed to be armed and should be considered dangerous, according to the Des Moines and Urbandale police departments.
Shortly after 1 a.m. local time, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the suburb of Urbandale, a few miles from Des Moines. They found an Urbandale Police Department officer who had been fatally shot sitting alone in his patrol vehicle, police said.
Minutes later, officers found a Des Moines Police Department police officer who had also been shot in his patrol car at an intersection in the capital city. The wounded officer was transported to a local hospital where he died, police said.
“In all appearances it looks just like that, the officers were ambushed,” Sgt. Paul Parizek of the Des Moines Police Department said at a press conference this morning. “On the surface right now, like I said, we are just a few hours into this. It doesn’t look like there was any interaction between these officers and whoever the coward is who shot that while they sat in their cars.”
Parizek expressed grave concern for the safety of police officers in the area.
“There is clearly danger if you are a police officer. These guys were gunned down, sitting in their car, doing nothing wrong,” he said. “So there is definitely some danger out there, there is someone out there shooting police officers. We hope we find him before anyone else gets hurt. We definitely don’t want anyone in the public or in the community to get hurt, but there is a clear and present danger to police officers right now."
Source: ABC NEWS
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