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Suicidal suspect who shot Sioux City cop shot himself

October 4, 2014 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Noah Ironshell

Noah Ironshell

Sioux City police confirm the suspect wanted for shooting an officer has been taken to the hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Sioux City Police Chief Doug Young says 27-year-old Noah Ironshell was found in a home that was a block away from where he shot an officer in the face at about five o’clock Friday evening. She was shot while responding to a call about a suicidal man.

“Officer Jill Ohm — age 37, a four-year veteran of the police department — was the first officer to arrive on the scene. She engaged the suicidal subject out in the curb area. A struggle ensued and a shot was fired, striking officer Ohm in the chin,” Young says. “She was able to communicate to dispatch what exactly happened.”

Officers checking the area three hours later heard a shot, entered the abandoned house and heard another shot. They found the suspect at the bottom of the basement stairs with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Officers on the scene administered first aid and Ironshell was taken to a Sioux City hospital. A condition report is not available for Ironshell. Police say the officer is “o. k.” and in stable condition.

(Reporting by Woody Gottburg KSCJ Sioux City)

 

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