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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree...

Scott County officials announced Thursday that the deadly shooting of a Black man by police in Bettendorf in February was legally justified. The Scott County Attorney’s Office has decided that the fatal shooting of a Black man by a police officer in Bettendorf in February was legally justified. Officials released body cam footage and a 911 call of the incident Thursday. It’s among the latest shootings of a Black man by officers in Iowa and the announcement comes during a time of nationwide reckonings on police brutality and systemic racism. First Assistant Scott County Attorney Amy DeVine...

The woman and Scott were gone when officers arrived but they were located about 90 minutes later sitting in a car at an apartment building. The woman got out of the car and told police Scott had a gun and had threatened to kill her. Scott refused several orders to get out of the vehicle and eventually fired one shot at Sgt. Zachary Thomas, DeVine said. Gish then fired, hitting Scott four times. Thomas was not injured.

May 7, 2021 Davenport, Ia (AP) — Scott County authorities say a Bettendorf officer used reasonable and necessary force when he shot and killed a man in February. Scott County First Assistant Attorney Amy DeVine said Thursday the shooting of Brian Scott by officer Zachary Gish was justified. Scott was shot Feb. 7 after officers tracked him and a woman to a car sitting in an apartment complex. Prosecutors say Smith refused to leave the car and eventually fired one shot at another officer, prompting Gish to fire into the car, striking Scott four times. Gish has returned to police duties.