Police: Suspect in Iowa Officer Shootings Is in Custody

Police: Suspect in Iowa Officer Shootings Is in Custody
Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale, Iowa. (Des Moines Police Department via AP)
The Associated Press
11/2/2016
Updated:
11/2/2016

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Latest on two officers in the Des Moines, Iowa, area who were killed in what authorities describe as ambush-style attacks (all times local):

9:40 a.m.

Police say the suspect in the killings of two Des Moines area police officers is in custody.

Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek says Scott Michael Greene was taken into custody without incident Wednesday morning in Dallas County, just west of Des Moines.

Greene is suspected in the killing of a Des Moines police officer and an Urbandale police officer earlier Wednesday.