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Marshal Justified in Fatal Encounter | Des Moines News
In a tense standoff that ended in tragedy, a U.S. Marshal fired twice after Michael Zurek charged out of an apartment wielding a six-inch combat knife — and the Iowa Attorney General’s office has now ruled the deadly force was justified. Zurek, a registered sex offender who’d escaped custody and gone on the run, had a history of violent confrontations, including a May incident where he brandished a kitchen knife and declared he wanted to die. When officers entered his Ottumwa apartment, Zurek lunged forward with the blade raised — despite warnings to drop it — forcing the Marshal to act. The…
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