Death by Cop- 2024

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Name Not Disclosed

Case # :83

Gender : Male

Age :

Race : Unknown

Date : 09/07/2024

Location : Highway 218 and 185th Street

City : Mt. Pleasant

County : Henry

State : Iowa

Agency : Mount Pleasant Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Died during pursuit and shootout

Open records summary :

Mount Pleasant police arrived at domestic violence call and found a man leaving in a vehicle. Police escalated a high-speed chase during which the man allegedly fired a shot through the windshield of the police cruiser. Police state that they engaged in a shootout and found him dead in his vehicle. It is not immediately clear whether he was killed by police or whether the fatal injury was self-inflicted.

Source links :

https://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/daily_democrat/suspect-dead-after-firing-at-mt-pleasant-police-following-high-speed-pursuit-copy/article_fdec5dfc-6c80-11ef-ab7d-3f3681a302a5.html