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It turns out that Michael Thomas Lang, 41, the man charged with murdering an Iowa trooper, once won the 2020 Democratic primary for sheriff of Grundy County. He did not get near to winning, only netting 22.3 percent of the vote in the general election, but it's an eye-popping detail amid the death of Sgt. Jim Smith, a 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol.
A 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) was killed Friday night in Grundy Center while trying to arrest a man who was barricaded inside his home.
According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety (IDPS), at about 7:22 p.m. Friday night, April 9, an officer with the Grundy Center Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle driven by 41-year-old Michael T. Lang of Grundy Center. Lang instead led police out of the city. The IDPS then says Lang stopped, got out of his vehicle, and assaulted the pursuing officer. He reportedly said shoot me to the officer on multiple occasions. He s then accused of taking the officer s taser and radio, and putting the officer in a chokehold.
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A 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol was shot and killed during an attempt to end an hours-long standoff with an armed man in Grundy Center, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said Saturday.
Sgt. Jim Smith, described as a hero by the head of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, was fatally shot while attempting to arrest Michael Thomas Lang, 41, of Grundy Center, authorities said.
Lang, who ran unsuccessfully for Grundy County sheriff in 2020, was charged with first-degree murder and is being held on a $1 million cash bond. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds during the standoff and was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.