Photo: Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
(Waterloo, IA) -- Two Waterloo Police officers are on paid leave, after a deadly shooting. Police were called to a business (2301 Lafayette Street) Saturday after a report of a man waiving a gun. Police found 32-year-old Michael Ahrens (no permanent address available) on Dubuque Road and ordered him to drop the weapon. Police fired less-than lethal rounds at Ahrens but he continued to refuse and pointed at officers, who fired, hitting him twice. Ahrens later died at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The gun was later identified as an airsoft pistol.
Audio and video of the incident was captured on several Waterloo PD body cameras. Upon completion of the investigation, the case report will be forwarded to the Blackhawk County Attorney’s Office for review. The officers have been placed on paid administrative leave.