On November 2, 2016, at about 1:06 a.m., 2 police officers from the Urbandale Police Department and Des Moines Police Department were gunned downed in an ambush style attack by unidentified shooter(s).

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The first shooting happened outside Urbandale High School.

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Officers responded to a report of shots fired at about 1:06 a.m. and found an Urbandale Police Department officer who had been shot in the patrol car.

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Des Moines Police Department officers responded to assist.

About 20 minutes later, a Des Moines Police Department officer was found shot.

Both officers have died.

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The suspect has been identified as 46-year-old, Scott Michael Greene ^{[0] [1]}

"On the surface, it doesn't look like there was any interaction between these officers and whoever the coward is who shot them while they sat in their cars,"Des Moines Police Department Sgt. Paul Parizek said.

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