WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (KWWL) Testimony continued for a second day on Wednesday in the murder trial of Michael Lang, the man accused of killing Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim
April 26, 2021 at 4:51 pm
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) The man charged with fatally shooting an Iowa State Patrol sergeant earlier this month was later shot in the head and chest by other state troopers after he opened fire on them, a prosecutor said Monday.
Three Iowa State Patrol troopers and a Hardin County deputy “were entirely legally justified” in shooting at Michael Lang during the April 9 confrontation at Lang’s home in Grundy Center, assistant Iowa attorney general Scott Brown concluded.
“Because of Lang’s actions officers had no other reasonable choice but to shoot lang,” Brown wrote in a letter to the Grundy County Attorney, who had asked for an outside review of the shooting. “Otherwise, responding officers or innocent bystanders would have been put in harm’s way.”