CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Friday evening, said investigators have interviewed the three Cedar Rapids Police Officers connected with the fatal April 6, 2024 shooting incident involving David Vanderhamm. All three officers are members of the Cedar Rapids Police Department and have been identified as: 

• Sergeant Alex Haas (ten year veteran)
• Officer Emily Habeck (eight year veteran)
• Officer Skylar Mullins (four year veteran).  

All three officers are cooperating with the investigation.

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(Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – While the Iowa D-C-I continues to investigate a shooting by Cedar Rapids police officers that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities with the DCI, Monday, said the deceased has been identified as 40-year-old David Vanderhamm, of Cedar Rapids.  A male bystander who was also shot during the incident has been identified and his name and information will not be released at this time.

Cedar Rapids police were called to a residence on the northeast side around 6:30-p.m.  Saturday, April 6th, on the report of a man who was armed and making homicidal and suicidal statements. Officers found the man (Vanderhamm) and a bystander who had called requesting assistance. Police say [Vanderhamm] had a weapon and he refused commands to drop it, and three officers fired when pointed the weapon at them. [Vanderhamm] died at the scene and the bystander was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.