No charges for Cedar Rapids reserve officer would fired gun

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids reserve officer will not face charges for firing at a driver who had hit him with a car. The Linn County Attorney’s office said Friday that Reserve Officer Scott Fruehling reasonably believed that firing at the driver was necessary to prevent injury or possible death. The investigation found that Fruehling tried to stop a car driven by Eddie Ayers III in December. After a brief chase, the vehicle stopped and Fruehling got out of his vehicle. Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said Ayers turned his car around and drove toward the officer, who fired once as the car hit him and two more times as Ayers drove away. Neither man was seriously injured.