2 Iowa Cops Murdered in 'Ambush Attacks'

“There's somebody out there shooting police. There is a clear and present danger to police officers right now.”

11.2.2016 

 

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Two Iowa police officers were murdered in their squad cars early Wednesday morning in what authorities are calling ambush attacks.

According to Fox News, the shootings came near Des Moines and occurred just 25 minutes apart, said Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek. The two unidentified officers, a Des Moines cop and one from the suburb of Urbandale, were found in their bullet-riddled cruisers.

“In all appearances it looks just like that, that these officers were ambushed,” Parizek said. “It doesn't look like there was any interaction between these cowards and the officers they shot in their cars.”

The shootings appear to be the latest cases of police officers being targeted for assassination in a year that has seen 111 police officers killed in the line of duty, including 50 by gunfire, said Fox News:

Some of the shootings have been connected to anti-police sentiment sparked by racially charged incidents involving alleged brutality or improper use of deadly force around the country.

There was no information immediately available about witness accounts, how many shots were fired or whether police know who they are looking for.

Des Moines police said in a news release earlier that officers responded to a report of shots fired at the intersection of 70th Street and Aurora Avenue at 1:06 a.m., and the first officers to arrive on scene found an Urbandale officer dying of gunshot wounds.

Des Moines police officers responded to assist and just 20 minutes later, a Des Moines officer was found fatally shot at an intersection about two blocks away.

“There's somebody out there shooting police. There is a clear and present danger to police officers right now,” Parizek said.

The Des Moines police officer is believed to be the first from the city to be shot and killed on duty since 1977. The Urbandale officer is believed to be that department's first to be shot dead in the line of duty.