AVOCA, IOWA – A western Iowa man fleeing police was killed and two officers were injured Wednesday in Shelby county.
According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, 52-year-old Bruce Coenen was driving a 2003 Pontiac Bonneville southbound on Highway 59 about a mile north of Interstate 80 when he struck a Department of Transportation (DOT) vehicle. The DOT vehicle was assisting a Harlan, Iowa police vehicle that was pursuing Coenen.
Two Iowa DOT officers – 58-year-old Kent Leibe and 40-year-old Brian Rick – were injured in the collision and taken to area hospitals with undisclosed injuries.
Coenen was pronounced dead at the scene.
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I take it all of you were there huh and saw it all go down???
Deadly force is that force which a person uses with the purpose of causing death, or serious bodily harm. It’s use is justified only under conditions of extreme necessity as a last resort, when all lesser means have failed, and cannot reasonably be employed.
You are right there Ghost, I think they are not following the above order, which is what the military uses in guard situations.
Don’t flee