On September 22, 2014 at approximately 7:15 PM the Davenport Police Department was dispatched to 2814 Fair Ave, Davenport, reference to an individual waiving guns around, threatening to harm himself. The caller was inside the residence, out of harm's way, and said the individual was alone in the garage and "possibly may want to die by police fire".
At approximately 7:37 PM, the Davenport Police Department's trained negotiators arrived at the scene and began a channel of communication with the individual. As the dialogue continued the individual began to drink and seemed to be getting more irrational and agitated. After approximately 3 hours of negotiating and no opportunity to create any type of diversion, it escalated with the individual aggressively advancing towards the Officers with one weapon in his waistband and another in his hand and subsequently shot by the Police Officers.
Four Police Officers were involved in the incident and their names are not being released at this time, out of courtesy of notification to their families first. The name of the deceased individual is not being released at this time as well, pending notification of his family. All four Police Officers have been placed on Administrative Leave as directed by Department policy.
As a Davenport Police Department protocol, the Scott County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation, were notified and will investigate the incident. All further inquiries on this incident should be directed to the Scott County Sheriff's Office.
