Teen shot by sheriff in hospital
DES MOINES (AP) — A teenager shot by an Iowa sheriff after authorities say he refused to drop a weapon remains in a Des Moines hospital.
The 17-year-old was shot on Friday after Hardin County Sheriff Timothy Smith responded to a report of someone shooting at a vehicle along a road north of Hubbard.
Smith told investigators when he confronted the teenager, the teen raised a gun toward him. The sheriff fired when the boy refused to drop the weapon.
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