爱荷华州总检察长办公室结论：Cedar Rapids 两名警员9月致命开枪属合法正当
爱荷华州总检察长办公室11月10日发布调查报告，认定 Cedar Rapids 市两名警员 Ethan Lightner 与 Wes Wery 今年9月22日开枪打死 Travis Kirk McDermott 的行为属合法正当（legally justified）。Cedar Rapids 位于爱荷华州林县（Linn County）。
报告依据爱荷华州刑事调查局（DCI）的审查与调查：9月22日下午约3时05分，Cedar Rapids 警局接到报警，称一名男子在 Daniels Park 附近向人挥舞枪支。Lightner、Wery 与另外两名警员 Kenneth Allaire、Janae Obbink 数秒内先后赶到公园对面一家商户处，看见 McDermott 站在商户旁，右手高举一把加长枪管的手枪过头，正与二楼阳台上的一名女子争吵。警员多次命令他趴下，他拒绝并辱骂警员、扬言要开枪打他们；其后他转向警员，在再次被命令放下枪后，反而把枪从头顶放低至腰间、指向警员，Lightner 与 Wery 随即开枪。McDermott 倒地后经现场抢救无效身亡。
现场缴获的武器是一把 Gamo PR-776 高压二氧化碳左轮手枪，枪管长6英寸；在场的平民与执法人员目击者都以为那是一把致命真枪。报告还记明，McDermott 有多项酒类与毒品违法、骚扰与袭击前科，今年2月因醉酒违法被捕时曾威胁逮捕他的警员。
这份报告是总检察长依据爱荷华州法典第13.2条的独立职权发布，该条款授权总检察长调查或起诉导致死亡的执法行为。
（来源：爱荷华州总检察长办公室）
Iowa Attorney General Concludes Cedar Rapids Officers Acted With Legal Justification in September Fatal Shooting
The Iowa Attorney General's Office issued a report on November 10 concluding that the September 22, 2026 fatal shooting of Travis Kirk McDermott by Cedar Rapids officers Ethan Lightner and Wes Wery was legally justified. Cedar Rapids is in Linn County, Iowa.
The conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. At about 3:05 p.m. on September 22, Cedar Rapids police were dispatched to a call of a man brandishing a gun at people near Daniels Park. Officers Lightner, Wery, Kenneth Allaire and Janae Obbink arrived within seconds of each other at a business across from the park and saw McDermott standing next to the business with an extended-barrel handgun raised in his right hand over his head, arguing with a woman on a second-story balcony. Officers repeatedly directed him to get on the ground; he refused, screamed vulgarities and said he was going to shoot them. He then turned toward the officers and, after further commands to drop the gun, began lowering it from over his head toward his waist, pointing it at the officers. Officers Lightner and Wery fired, and McDermott died at the scene despite lifesaving measures.
The weapon recovered was a Gamo PR-776 high-power CO2 revolver with a 6-inch barrel, which both civilian and law-enforcement witnesses believed to be a lethal firearm. The report also noted McDermott's history of alcohol and drug offenses, harassment and assaults, including threats made to an arresting officer in February 2026.
The report was issued under the Attorney General's independent authority under Iowa Code section 13.2 to investigate or prosecute law-enforcement conduct that results in death.
(Source: Iowa Attorney General's Office)
来源：爱荷华州总检察长办公室
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