ANAHEIM – An 18-year-old man wanted for a killing in Iowa was shot and killed by law enforcement officers while authorities were serving a search warrant in Anaheim Friday.
The shooting occurred while officers from the Anaheim Police Department were assisting members of a United States Marshals Service task force in serving a search warrant on a man at State College Boulevard and the Riverside (91) Freeway about 1:30 p.m. Friday who was wanted in connection with an Iowa homicide on June 1 , Anaheim police Sgt. Matt Sutter said.
According to The Orange County Register, details surrounding the case were not immediately available, according to the Marshalltown Police Department.
After contacting the suspect, an Anaheim Police Department officer and other members of the task force fired their weapons.
The officers rendered first aid before the man was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
No officers were injured in the shooting, but a bystander was struck by a bullet, which resulted in a minor injury, police said. The bystander was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released a short time later.
The Orange County District Attorney’s office will investigate the shooting.
