URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting at an Urbandale hotel early Saturday morning. WOI-TV reports officers were responding to a drug complaint at the Holiday Inn on Merle Hay Road when the altercation occurred. Officers confronted three individuals in the lobby of the hotel. A scuffle began and one person was in possession of a handgun and fired it during the scuffle. Officers returned fire and that individual was struck and killed.
ANKENY, IA (IRN) – The Polk County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a deadly crash that happened just before noon on Friday in Ankeny. First responders found a car, on it’s side, pinned between two trees. The female driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. A young child who was a passenger was taken to a Des Moines Hospital. Names have not been released.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Police arrested a man Friday night after gunshots were fired near Drake University. KCCI-TV reports police were called to Platinum Kutz to a report of a man in his 50s or 60s standing in the parking lot, firing a gun in the air and yelling. The man, whose identity has not been confirmed, was taken into custody shortly thereafter. No one was hurt.
BETTENDORF, IA (IRN) – A 60-year-old Bettendorf man was arrested after he allegedly drove a truck through a working fire scene and crashed into a fire truck. WQAD-TV reports Robert Sikma drove his Chevrolet Silverado through the fire scene and clipped a parked fire engine before he backed up, drove through his yard, and parked in his driveway. Sikma then went into his house, where police found and arrested him a short time later. No injuries were reported.
WATERLOO, IA (IRN) – As the sun came up over Highway 20 near Waterloo Thursday morning, a new life was born…on the highway. KWWL-TV reports an Iowa Falls couple was on their way to the hospital, but their little guy just couldn’t wait. Taryn Naill delivered her own baby while her boyfriend drove, and eventually pulled over to wait for paramedics. Both mother and baby are fine.