Man accused of stalking woman shot by Iowa Falls police
IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa say a man who had been stopped by police Wednesday morning for reportedly stalking a woman he used to date was fatally shot by officers when he displayed a gun and tried to flee the stop. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the fatal encounter happened in Iowa Falls shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, when police, Hardin County sheriff’s deputies and the Iowa State Patrol responded to a call for help from the woman. Police say they saw the man run his vehicle into the woman’s car, then ordered him out of his vehicle. Police say the man refused, displayed a shotgun and tried to flee, and police shot him. His name has not been released.