The Iowa Attorney General’s Office says a Des Moines County sheriff’s deputy was legally justified in shooting to death a man last month.
The office based its conclusion on a review by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
The sheriff’s department said it received a call from Jamie Gray on the night of Aug. 5. Gray said her live-in boyfriend, David Leonard Maupin, was intoxicated, and was damaging property and brandishing a shotgun in front of her and her three-year old son.
When Deputy Brett Haubrich arrived at the home in rural Burlington, he found Maupin in a dark, detached garage. Maupin stepped out from the garage, yelled at Haubrich, and would not comply with the deputy’s commands.
Maupin then said he would shoot Haubrich, went back into the garage, and emerged with a rifle.
Haubrich ordered Maupin to drop the rifle. But Maupin instead stepped toward Haubrich and leveled the rifle at him.
The deputy then fired at Maupin, killing him.
An investigation found Maupin’s weapon was a fully loaded Ruger .22 caliber rifle, and two more rifles and two shotguns were in the garage.
An autopsy found Maupin’s blood-alcohol level was .30, which is more than three times the legal limit.
A copy of the report is available online.
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