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Police ID Cedar Rapids officer who fatally shot suspect

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March 2nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) ā€” Police have identified a Cedar Rapids police officer who fatally shot a man suspected of stabbing a woman to death. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says in a news release that Kyzer Moore was the officer who shot 39-year-old Arnell States, of Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 20 as States ran from a hotel where two women had been attacked. Police say States was believed to have been the attacker who killed 34-year-old Katrina Latrese Brinson and injured another woman.

Authorities say Moore is a 3 1/2-year veteran of the Cedar Rapids Police Department. He remains on paid administrative leave pending the investigation into the shooting.