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Court records show suspect Scott Smith had several run in with the law prior to Tuesday's 4-hour standoff near Des Moines and subsequent arrest.
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Scott Eugene Smith is accused of shooting at Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies and barricading himself in a Budget Inn & Suites for four hours.
Some Saydel High School students say they were locked out of the building Tuesday when the district went on lockdown.
The suspect is currently barricaded inside the Budget Hotel on NE 14th Street, police say. Saydel schools are locked down as a precaution.