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2 Marshalltown officers fire weapons serving search warrant

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February 28th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa say no one was hurt when officers executing a search warrant at a Marshalltown home fired their guns.

Marshalltown police say in a news release that the incident happened around 10:20 a.m. Thursday when the officers entered the home and encountered an armed man.
Neither the man nor the officers were injured, and the man was detained. The two officers who fired their service weapons have been placed on paid administrative leave, per department policy, while an investigation into the shooting is conducted.

Police say the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct that investigation.
The officers’ names have not been released.