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Police are hunting for a suspect after two police officers were shot dead in Iowa in "ambush-style" attacks.
Police said the two were sitting in their patrol cars
when they were shot, and that there appeared to be no interaction
between them and the assailant.
"In all appearances it looks just like that, that these officers were ambushed," Des Moines Police Sergeant Paul Parizek said.
One officer was found dead about 1am local time in Urbandale, a suburb of the state capital, local reports said.
The second officer was found dead about thirty minutes later in the city.
Authorities have identified 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene as a suspect in the killings, describing him as armed and dangerous and urging members of the public to not approach him.
The suspect is 5ft 11in with brown hair and green eyes and was last known to be driving a blue 2011 Ford F-150, they said.
"There is a clear and present danger to police officers right now," Sgt Parizek said, at times becoming emotional during a news conference.
"There's somebody out there shooting police officers. We hope to find him before somebody else gets hurt."
Officers are now doing patrols in pairs to better protect themselves.
The seemingly unprovoked attack follows a spate of police killings, including ambushes of officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Two years ago two New York Police Department officers were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn by a man who said he wanted to avenge the deaths of unarmed black men killed by police.
"In all appearances it looks just like that, that these officers were ambushed," Des Moines Police Sergeant Paul Parizek said.
One officer was found dead about 1am local time in Urbandale, a suburb of the state capital, local reports said.
The second officer was found dead about thirty minutes later in the city.
Authorities have identified 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene as a suspect in the killings, describing him as armed and dangerous and urging members of the public to not approach him.
The suspect is 5ft 11in with brown hair and green eyes and was last known to be driving a blue 2011 Ford F-150, they said.
"There is a clear and present danger to police officers right now," Sgt Parizek said, at times becoming emotional during a news conference.
"There's somebody out there shooting police officers. We hope to find him before somebody else gets hurt."
Officers are now doing patrols in pairs to better protect themselves.
The seemingly unprovoked attack follows a spate of police killings, including ambushes of officers in Dallas, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Two years ago two New York Police Department officers were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn by a man who said he wanted to avenge the deaths of unarmed black men killed by police.
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