Law enforcement identifies trooper killed in shooting, suspect in custody Share Updated: 7:08 PM CDT Apr 10, 2021
Law enforcement identifies trooper killed in shooting, suspect in custody Share Updated: 7:08 PM CDT Apr 10, 2021
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Show Transcript MINUTES AND IOWA STATE PATROL SERGEANT HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED DURING A STANDOFF IN GRUNDY CENTER TONIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF SERGEANT JIM SMITH. AND THE SUSPECTED KILLER 41 YEAR OLD MICHAEL LANG HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. KCCI’S ANDREW MULLENBECK IS IN GRUNDY CENTER TONIGHT. HE TELLS US HOW THIS TRAGEDY UNFOLDED. THIS IS THE HOME WHERE INVESTIGATORS SAY THE KILLER FATALLY SHOT SERGEANT JIM SMITH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME. THAT’S WHERE TACTICAL TEAM WENT INTO THE HOME AND WHILE THEY WERE DOING SO THEY WERE BEING SHOT AT BY THE SUSPECTED KILLER SURGEON SMITH WAS A 27 YEAR VETERAN OF THE IOWA STATE PA