Law enforcement officials have reportedly made an arrest in a pair of ambush-style killings of two metro police officers.
Reports indicate the suspect was captured in Dallas County around 9 a.m. Wednesday.
“There is clearly a danger if you’re a police officer. These officers were gunned down sitting in their car doing nothing wrong, so there’s definitely some danger out there. There’s somebody 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 the community to get hurt. But there is a clear and present danger to police officers right now,” said Parizek.
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED
The Des Moines and Urbandale Police Departments have identified a suspect in the murder of two police officers early Wednesday morning.
Urbandale resident Scott Michael Greene, 46, is being sought by investigators. Greene is 5’ 11” / 180 lbs with brown hair and green eyes. Greene was last known to be driving a blue 2011 Ford F-150 with Iowa license plate 780 YFR. The truck has a silver colored topper with a ladder rack.
Greene is believed to be armed and should be considered dangerous. If seen, please do not approach Greene, but call 911 and report his location.
PREVIOUSLY
Des Moines police are confirming that two police officers were shot and killed overnight, in what police describe as ambush-style attacks.
The first shooting happened at 1:06 a.m. at 70th & Aurora. An Urbandale police officer was shot and killed there.
The second shooting happened blocks away at Merle Hay & Sheridan at 1:26 a.m. A responding Des Moines police officer was shot there. He was transported to Methodist Hospital, where he died a short time later.
Des Moines police said the shootings appear to have been ambush-style attacks.
Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek said both officers appear to have been shot while sitting in their cars.
“It doesn’t look like there was any interaction between these officers and whoever the coward is who shot them while they sat in their cars,” said Parizek.
Urbandale Police Sgt. Chad Underwood indicated that this is the first deadly Urbandale police shooting he is aware of. He said the Urbandale department employs about 50 officers.
Parizek said the identity of both officers will be released in due time.
Parizek said there is “a clear and present danger” right now for police officers in the area, because the officers were gunned down while sitting in their cars doing nothing wrong. He said the department has doubled up its officers to better protect them.