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(UPDATE) Police identify man killed by Bettendorf officer

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September 4th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Authorities identified the man shot to death by a Bettendorf police officer 53-year-old Timothy Alan Clevenger, of Silvis. Clevenger was killed in the Thursday afternoon shooting after officers responded to a Bettendorf home. Officers say Clevenger was holding a sharp-edged weapon near children, putting them in danger, when he was shot. The Quad-City Times reported Friday that county records listed Clevenger as the owner of the home where the shooting occurred.

It was registered as a child-development home. Police say they won’t identify the officer who shot Clevenger until state investigators formally interview the officer. The officer is on administrative leave.