Police: 2 Officers In Iowa Killed In Ambush-Style Attacks, Suspect Apprehended
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DES MOINES, Iowa (CBS NEWS/AP) - A suspect in the deadly shootings of two Des Moines area police officers was captured Wednesday, police confirmed to CBS News.
Police in Urbandale, Iowa, confirmed that 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene was in custody.
Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek says Greene was taken into custody without incident Wednesday morning in Dallas County, just west of Des Moines.
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.
The second shooting happened blocks away, reports CBS Des Moines affiliate KCCI-TV. A responding Des Moines police officer was shot.
Both officers have died.
Parizek was emotional during a news conference earlier Wednesday. He says there is "clearly danger" right now for police officers in the area because the officers were gunned down while sitting in their cars doing nothing wrong. He says the department has doubled up its officers to better protect them.
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