'Clear and present danger' for Iowa cops after 2 killed in separate ambush-style attacks
Published November 02, 2016 FoxNews.com
BREAKING NEWS – Authorities in Iowa have called for a manhunt after two police officers were killed in seperate ambush attacks early Wednesday morning while sitting in their patrol cars.
The shootings occured 20 mintues apart near Des Moines. One Des Moines police officer and another from the suburb of Urbandale were found in their bullet-riddled cruisers, Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said.
“There's somebody out there shooting police. There is a clear and present danger to police officers right now,” he said.
Police are working to determine if there is one gunman. One person who was identified as a witness described a pickup truck with a topper.
“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.”
Urbandale Sgt. Chad Underwood said his officers are equipped with body cameras, but they are not always on. Schools in Urbandale were closed Wednesday, Fox 25 reported.
Neither police officer was identified by officials and-- as of a 5 a.m.-- police were still notifying family members. Parizek said their names and details about their service would be released later Wednesday.
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, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
The shootings follow a spate of police killings, including ambushes of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Five officers were killed in Dallas on July 7 and three were killed later that month in Baton Rouge
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