Prosecutor leaves 3 Iowa officers in fatal shooting after traffic stop

DES MOINES, Iowa – A county prosecutor on Monday fired three Iowa police officers in the fatal early September shooting of a man who shot two officers after a traffic stop.

Polk County Prosecutor Kimberly Graham said her review of the Sept. 16 shooting in Des Moines found the officers were justified in shooting 37-year-old Joshua Green. He reviewed the dash cam and body cam footage.

The two officers who were shot survived and have been released from a hospital.

Officers stopped a car driven by Green around 1:40 a.m. for an equipment violation. He then drove away briefly before crashing into a truck. Other officers arrived and as they tried to subdue Green with a Taser and get him out of his car, Graham said he “pulled out a gun and started shooting up at the officers.”

Three officers then fired their weapons at Green, who died.