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DCI Releases Names in Fatal Traffic Stop Shooting Near Cascade

The Iowa DCI has released the names of those involved in a fatal eastern Iowa shooting earlier this month that left one man dead and a deputy injured.

The DCI says deputies from Dubuque and Jones County, officers from the Dubuque and Monticello police departments, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement conducted a traffic stop near Cascade on Tuesday, July 1st at 4:30 am. Officers say the man in the car, 36-year-old James Sherrill from Linn County, displayed a gun and shots were fired. Sherrill and Dubuque County Sergeant Adam Williams were both hit. Sherrill died at the scene and Deputy Williams was taken to the hospital for treatment and later released.

The DCI says officers Chad Leitzen of Dubuque and Cole Millard of the Monticello Police Department were also involved.

No other details are being released until the investigation is completed.

 

story courtesy of Radio Iowa

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