Officer Shot, Suspect Later Found Dead

AN EASTERN IOWA POLICE OFFICER IS HOSPITALIZED, AND A SUSPECT IS DEAD, FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING AND CHASE IN JACKSON COUNTY.

IT STARTED AT ABOUT 3AM, WHEN A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER PULLED OVER A CAR. AS THE OFFICER APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND THE SUSPECT DROVE OFF.

THE OFFICER, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED, WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA, WHERE HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR A GUN WOUND TO THE ARM; THE INJURY WAS NOT DEEMED LIFE-THREATENING.

THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS 30 YEAR OLD AARON SCOTT OF WYOMING, IOWA, WAS LATER FOUND DEAD, IN HIS WRECKED PICKUP, ALONG THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY IN CLINTON COUNTY.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT YET SAID IF SCOTT TOOK HIS OWN LIFE, OR WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT; AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.

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