March 29, 2024

Officers fatally shot armed man, state agency says

BOONE— Iowa authorities say local officers have fatally shot a man who aimed a gun at them in Boone. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said in a news release Tuesday that Boone police and Boone County deputies were dispatched around 10:15 p.m. Monday after a 911 caller reported an armed man was threatening people. The department says officers found the man on West 2nd Street and told him to drop his gun after he pulled it from his waistband. The officers then say they fired after he aimed his gun at them.