COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Monday afternoon, said the 4th Judicial District Correctional Officer who was involved in a shooting with parole violators Brandon Hines and Kelsey Hanna in Council Bluffs on Friday, August 20, 2021, is identified as Officer Mike Brown. Officer Brown is on paid administrative leave pending the completion of the investigation. Officer Brown had eight years of prior law enforcement experience before joining the Department of Correction in July 2021. Officer Brown was released from the hospital on Friday evening and is recovering at home from his injuries.

This is an on-going criminal investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI). Once the DCI completes its investigation, a report will be submitted to the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office for review.

Brandon Hines has been released from the hospital and taken into custody by Nebraska authorities on a parole violation warrant issued by the State of Nebraska. Hines will be extradited to Iowa at a later date to face the following criminal charges in Iowa.

• Assault on a Police Officer with a dangerous weapon  (Class D Felony)
• Assault on a Police Officer while attempting to inflict serious injury (Class D Felony)
• Theft 2nd Degree (Class D Felony)

Original story (from the IDPS Press Release) dated Friday, 8/20/21:

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – On Friday, August 20, officers with the Iowa Department of Corrections’ 4th Judicial District’s High-Risk Unit were searching for Kelsey Hanna and Brandon Hines pursuant to parole warrants.

Shortly after 1:00 p.m., officers with the High-Risk Unit observed Hines and Hanna leaving a house and entering a black Ford SUV near 27th Street and Avenue G in Council Bluffs. The officers attempted to stop Hines and Hanna from leaving the area.

As the officers with the High-Risk Unit approached the black SUV, the driver (Hines) put the car in reverse and backed into a secondary officer’s vehicle. Hines then put the black SUV in drive and drove towards and struck one of the officers. One officer fired his service weapon striking Hines.

Hines fled, but was apprehended a short time later by the Nebraska State Patrol in Omaha. Hines was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) where he is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Hanna was arrested without incident.