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(Iowa) -- The Iowa Attorney General's Office says a fatal shooting involving law enforcement officers in November was justified.
Investigators say the shooting happened on November 16th in Black Hawk County when officers from multiple law enforcement agencies used stop sticks to intercept a vehicle driven by Benjamin Sink during a chase. Investigators say after coming to a stop, Sink pulled a gun, got out of the vehicle, and fired at officers. Two Grundy County Sheriff's Deputies, Israel Ruiz and Carson Lutterman, as well as Iowa State Patrol Trooper Trevor Ambrose returned fire, fatally shooting Sink.
Investigators say earlier that day, law enforcement received a request to do a welfare check on Sink and was told he'd been making homicidal threats and showing suicidal tendencies, including saying he wanted to be killed by law enforcement. The person who called in the welfare request told officers he may be armed. After the shooting, officers recovered the gun Sink had fired at officers. Investigators say the gun is a 9mm pistol and that Sink also had a box of 25 additional rounds inside his vehicle. Sink was wanted for multiple arrest warrants at the time of the shooting.
The Iowa AG's office has concluded that the shooting was justified.