The Associated Press
ADEL, Iowa -- Dallas County authorities released the 911 tapes from Saturday’s deadly police shooting.
The tapes report that Melvin Nagle, 57, had a gun and was threatening people with it.
Officers were called to the area near the Wildwood Estates, outside Van Meter, late Saturday afternoon. The incident started over a property dispute, then Nagle pulled out a weapon. The first call to 911 came at 5:02 p.m.
“Our neighbor pulled a gun on us,” a frantic voice reported.
When police arrived, they say Nagle approached officers wearing a bulletproof vest and pointing a loaded 9 mm handgun.
“He was repeatedly warned to put the weapon down, to stop advancing toward officers. He didn’t do that,” Chief Deputy Brian Gilbert said.
Dallas County authorities said four officers fired at Nagle, killing him.
Adel officer John Sparling, state trooper Randy Wacha, and two Dallas County Deputies, Jeremy Sprague and Ryan Bowers, have been placed on paid leave during the investigation, which is standard procedure in a police shooting.
Nagle’s divorce was finalized last Wednesday. Neighbors think that may have triggered the incident.
Nagle’s brother told officers that Melvin Nagle “wanted to die.”