Prosecutor clears 3 Iowa officers in fatal shooting after a traffic stop

DES MOINES, Iowa — A county prosecutor on Monday acquitted three Iowa police officers in September fatal early morning shooting of a man who shot two officers after a traffic stop.

Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham said her review of the Sept. 16 shooting in Des Moines found officers were justified in shooting 37-year-old Joshua Green. She viewed the dashcam and body camera footage.

The two officers who were shot survived and have been released from a hospital.

Officers stopped a car driven by Green around 1:40 a.m. for an equipment violation. He then drove away briefly before crashing into a truck. Other officers arrived and as they tried to subdue Green with a Taser and pull him from his car, Graham said he “pulled out a gun and started shooting upwards toward the officers.”

Three officers then fired their guns at Green, who was killed.