Iowa Attorney General Clears 4 Officers For Shooting Suspect

(Des Moines, IA) — The Iowa Department of Public Safety says an investigation by the state Attorney General has cleared four officers who fired on the man accused of killing a State Trooper on April 9th. D-P-S says a Hardin County Sheriff’s Department deputy fired and missed Michael Lang after Trooper Jim Smith was shot and killed by Lang as officers entered his Grundy Center home trying to arrest him. Troopers later used an armored personnel carrier to enter Lang’s home and he was hit three times by officers after they say he fired on them. The 41-year-old Lang was hospitalized until April 21st when he was released and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and assault on a peace officer.