WEST UNION – An incident at a hospital in the small Iowa community of West Union proves how dangerous law enforcement’s job can be.
According to the Fayette County Sherriff’s Office, on August 23 at about 8:30 AM, a Fayette County deputy was at Palmer Lutheran Hospital in West Union with a Fayette County jail inmate who was being treated for medical issues. During his treatment, the deputy released one of the inmate’s hands from hand cuffs and the inmate attacked the deputy and a struggle took place. The inmate managed to take and secure the deputy’s firearm and held the deputy at gun point, wanting to be further released to attempt an escape. The deputy then deployed a non-lethal device at the inmate. The inmate then shot the deputy. The inmate then took the firearm and inflicted a gunshot to himself.
The deputy is being treated at Palmer for a gunshot wound to his abdomen, the deputy was wearing a bullet proof vest at the time. The deputy was treated and released from his injuries. The inmate was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The sheriff’s Office has turned this investigation over to the Division of Criminal Investigations.
Assisting at the scene was the West Union Police Department and the County Medical Examiner.
Palmer Hospital has limited entrance to some areas, however still have full services and entrance in the Emergency room if needed.
Names of the deputy and inmate will be released at a later date and after a full investigation and notification is completed.
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14 thoughts on “Inmate attacks Iowa deputy, takes gun, shoots officer and himself”
I really think officers DO NEED those body cameras…not that this story isn’t true as the officer reported it, but just because it will seriously help to diminish the reasonable doubt that occurs among thinking humans. We want to believe our police are good and true, but there have been so many cases of police impropriety that it’s our civic duty to remain skeptical and suspicious.
There you go again peter, agreeing with me, is this going to be a habit?
You are a traitor to your kind. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Dept. is in mourning.
With a camera we can all see what happened, good or bad so there won’t be he said he said.
agreed. can I use you for a reference?
I don’t like to lie.
You don’t have to. Just tell them how intelligent and wise you know I am, and how impressed you are with my ability to discern truth and justice, and adopt unique, near-genius positions that most people wouldn’t think of in a million years. Just be honest. You’ll do alright.
I would be sent straight to hell if I said that.
Why don’t you put one of those body cameras on the helmet you should be wearing all the time?
WoW-I wonder if Sharpton, Jackson and Holder will come in and demand justice for the poor officer.
They would demand justice for the inmate, he was probably treated poorly causing him to attack the officer so it is the officers fault.
@maybe-he probably had a great, great, great uncle on his mothers side (because he doesn’t know who his father is) who was a slave and he feels like he is owed justice for it.
Yep and he probably lived in a house made out of used tires. 😉
lmao!