Iowa police kill man after dance, chase incident

DES MOINES — Authorities have released the name of a 28-year-old man who was fatally shot by a Des Moines officer following a low-speed chase.

Sgt. Jason Halifax said in a news release Wednesday that Ryan Bolinger was shot Tuesday night by Senior Officer Vanessa Miller.

Halifax says another officer, Ian Lawler, had pulled over a car for an unrelated traffic stop when a vehicle driven by Bolinger pulled up so closely that Lawler couldn't open his cruiser's door. Halifax says Bolinger got out and acted erratically — The Des Moines Register reported he was dancing — before driving off slowly, with Lawler in pursuit.

Bolinger eventually stopped and got out of his car. Halifax says Bolinger continued his "erratic behavior" by advancing on the driver's side window of Miller's cruiser. Halifax says Miller fired once at Bolinger, striking him in the torso.

Police don't think the case is connected with the fatal shooting of a teenager earlier Tuesday in Des Moines. Police believe that victim and the suspect were "well acquainted" and that the shooting was not a random act, Halifax said.

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