A Tama County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by law enforcement in the fatal shooting of a man by a sheriff s deputy during an armed confrontation last October.
Chelsea, IA (AP) A man has died after being shot by a Tama County Sheriff's deputy during what police described as an armed confrontation. The shooting happened Thursday night in Chelsea. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says in a news release that the Tama County Sheriff's Office received calls around 7:30 p.m. of shots being fired in the town, and deputies along with law enforcement from several other agencies responded. The department says arriving officers saw 28-year-old Dewey Dale Wilfong III walking around in the area holding a handgun, and a Tama County deputy fired one round that hit Wilfong in the upper torso. Wilfong was taken to a Cedar Rapids hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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CHELSEA, Iowa (AP) A man died after being shot by a Tama County Sheriff’s deputy during what police described as a armed confrontation in east-central Iowa. The shooting happened Thursday night in Chelsea, according to a news released from the Iowa Department of Public Safety.