An investigation is underway after police in Fort Dodge shot and killed a man during an incident Saturday morning.
According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, Officers were called to a residence in the 1500 block of Fourth Avenue South around 8:40 AM Saturday.
When they arrived it was reported that an individual within the residence was exhibiting out of control behavior which allegedly included the injuring of a dog within the residence. While on the scene, officers were made aware of that the male subject had an active warrant for violation of probation, the original charge of domestic abuse.
Officers entered the residence and encountered a male subject with two knives that ran at the officers. As a result, an officer on the scene discharged his firearm resulting in the death of the individual.
The name of the police officer and the name of the individual killed have not been released. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has been called in to investigate Saturday’s incident.
