BRIEFLY Attorney general: Waterloo shooting by officer was justified

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Attorney general: Waterloo shooting by officer was justified

WATERLOO (AP) — The Iowa attorney general’s office says a Waterloo police officer was justified in shooting a man who was driving a vehicle toward the officer last month.

Waterloo police asked the attorney general’s office to review the Nov. 2 shooting of 24-year-old Brandon Seeley.

In a statement released Wednesday state public safety officials say the officer feared for his life when he fired four shots through the window of Seeley’s vehicle as it sped toward him.

Seeley was struck three times but drove off with police in pursuit. He was later located, arrested and hospitalized.

Charges include possession of a controlled substance and assault on a peace officer.

The officer’s name wasn’t released because he’s a member of a drug task force.

Seeley has no attorney listed in online court records.

Des Moines police say man crossing street hit, killed

DES MOINES (AP) — Police say a man walking across an east side Des Moines street has been hit by a vehicle and killed.

Police say the incident happened Tuesday evening. Investigators say the man was crossing Hubbell Street when he was hit by a southbound vehicle on East 42nd Street.

Sgt. Paul Parizek says the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police on Wednesday identified the man as 61-year-old James Anthony Pascasio, of Des Moines.

The driver of the vehicle that hit him was 19-year-old Osmar Portillo-Rodrigues, of Des Moines.

An investigation of the crash is continuing. Investigators say they don’t think excessive speed or impairment of the driver were factors.

Parizek says the crash led officials to close the intersection for much of Tuesday night.

Creston man dies after entering grain bin in southern Iowa

MURRAY (AP) — Authorities say a farm worker has died after entering a grain bin in southern Iowa.

Clarke County Sheriff Bill Kerns says the worker entered the bin Wednesday morning as he and a farm owner were trying to break up a crust that had formed on soybeans inside.

The farm owner checked on the man about 10 minutes later and couldn’t see him.

Crews from at least five four departments responded to the bin near Murray, and Kerns says rescuers cut a number of holes into the structure to extract grain while they tried to reach the man.

They were able to retrieve the man’s body about noon.

The man, whose name wasn’t released, was from Creston.

Iowa officials investigating diesel spill that reached creek

STORM LAKE (AP) — Iowa officials are investigating a diesel fuel spill in Storm Lake that has reached the Poor Farm Creek, a tributary of the Raccoon River.

Authorities tell the Sioux City Journal that they do not know how much fuel spilled from the One Stop Shop convenience store in Storm Lake.

According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the spill was discovered Tuesday, but likely occurred Monday evening.