2 Iowa Officers Killed, Suspect in Custody

Officers were killed in an ambush attack

Authorities say two police officers in the Des Moines, Iowa area were shot to death in ambush-style attacks about 2 miles apart.

The Des Moines Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to a report of shots fired at about 1:06 a.m. and found an Urbandale Police Department officer who had been shot.

Des Moines officers responded to help, and approximately 20 minutes later, a Des Moines officer was found shot just 2 miles away. The Urbandale officer was dead on the scene and the Des Moines officer died at the hospital.

Police were on the hunt for 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale. A “series of leads and investigative tips” led them to identify the suspect, and officers found he has a lengthy record of confrontation with police and others.

Iowa court records show he was jailed and charged with interference with official acts after resisting Urbandale police officers, who were trying to pat him down for a weapon back in April 2014. A complaint signed by an Urbandale officer says Greene resisted verbal commands, was hostile and combative. Greene entered a guilty plea and was fined.

Just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Des Moines police confirmed that Scott Greene was taken into custody without incident in Dallas County, just west of Des Moines.