Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Lance Allen Meaike

Gender : Male

Age : 58

Race : White

Date : 11/04/2025

Location : Field near intersection of 300th Street & Mahogany Avenue

City : Audubon

County : Audubon

State : Iowa

Agency : Carroll County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 11/04/2025, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office responded at approximately 9:15 a.m. to a field near 300th Street and Mahogany Avenue after a report of a male in possession of a firearm and expressing suicidal ideation. The individual was identified as 58-year-old Lance Allen Meaike of Audubon and was found deceased at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Meaike had been charged in South Dakota with first-degree manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection to a June 12 shooting death. The scene remains under investigation.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.1380kcim.com/2025/11/04/audubon-man-charged-in-s-d-shooting-dies-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-in-tuesday-morning-standoff/?amp=1
https://www.kjan.com/index.php/2025/11/audubon-man-wanted-on-a-warrant-connected-with-a-shooting-death-in-sd-has-died/