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(Iowa) -- The Iowa Attorney General's Office concludes a fatal officer-involved shooting in Linn County was justified.
The report from the Iowa Attorney General's Office says the shooting happened on February 4th when police responded to a residential call saying someone wanted to talk to police. Officers from the Marion Police Department found two people at the scene, and one of them, Saber Jonathan Bernard, asked officers why they worked for evil.
Bernard later pulled out a machete-style weapon and approached police. After officers told Bernard to put the weapon down fifteen times and used a taser to little effect, Officer Spenser Hartman opened fire, hitting Bernard in the abdomen. He was taken to a hospital but later died of his injuries.
The full report is available on the Iowa Attorney General's Office website.