Iowa Police Officer Killed; Suspect Captured Hours Later in Minnesota

Kossuth County EMS vehicles are at the scene of an officer-involved shooting north of the Kossuth County Fairgrounds on South Minnesota Street in Algona, Iowa, on Sept. 14, 2023. Lily Smith/The Des Moines Register via AP

ALGONA, Iowa—An Iowa police officer died after being shot while trying to arrest a man who was later captured in Minnesota, officials said Thursday.

Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram was shot just before 8 p.m. Wednesday as he tried to arrest 43-year-old Kyle Ricke, said Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Mr. Cram, a 33-year-old husband and father who had been an officer in Algona since 2015, was pronounced dead at a hospital.