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ERUPTED. A CAR THEFT AT THIS FAIRGROUND NEIGHBORHOOD INTERSECTION, WAS JUST THE START OF A CHAOTIC MONDAY MORNING POLICE SAY 34-YEAR-OLD BRENT SKELTON OF DES MOINES WAS SHOT IN THE LEG IN A HOME, BEFORE HIS VEHICLE WAS STOLEN. >> IT WAS JUST MOMENTS LATER, ABOUT 4:01 WHEN OUR OFFICERS SPOTTED THAT STOLEN CAR. TOMMIE: FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS, THE 3 PEOPLE WHO STOLE THE VEHICLE DROVE TO SOUTHEAST 14TH AND PIONEER ROAD WHERE THEY WERE SPOTTED BY POLICE. POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE UNTIL IT PULLED INTO THIS DRIVEWAY. THE SUSPECTS GOT OUT AND THE POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWED AND GOT CLOSER. TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED WITHOUT A PROBLE >> THE THIRD PERSON HAD DISSAPEARED FROM OFFICER’S VIEW. WHEN THOSE BACKUP OFFICERS ARRIVED THEY STARTED SEARCHING FOR HIM AND WITHIN SECONDS OF THEIR ARRIVAL THEY SAW HIM HIDING IN A DARK AREA NEAR A GARAGE IN A BACKYARD. TOMMIE: AND THAT’S WHEN IT HAPPENED. >> THEY ISSUED SOME COMMANDS VERY CLEARLY FOR HIM TO SHOW HIS HANDS AND HE RESPONDED BY SHOOTING AT THEM. >> ALL CARS WE’VE GOT SHOTS FIRED 827 EAST KIRKWOOD. >> IT WAS WITHIN SECONDS OF THEM SPOTTING HIM THAT THIS GUNFIRE ERUPTED. >> SUBJECT IS DOWN. NOT BREATHING. NOT ALERT. NOT CONSCIOUS. ALL OFFICERS ARE OK COPY, ALL OFFICERS ARE OK. TOMMIE: 36-YEAR-OLD LUKE SWANN OF DES MOINES DIED ON SCENE. ALL 3 OFFICERS SHOT BACK AT HIM. THOSE SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS ARE OFFICER BRIAN BUCK, OFFICER BRIAN MINNEHAN AND OFFICER RYAN STEINKAMP. >> THEY’RE THREE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL NOBODY COMES TO WORK WAN

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An Indianola Hills neighborhood woke up to gunfire Monday morning when an officer-involved shooting turned fatal.Des Moines resident Luke Swann, 36, died from gunshots fired by three police officers.The altercation began near the Iowa State Fairgrounds, where Des Moines police said 34-year-old Brent Skelton was shot in the leg before his vehicle was stolen.“It was just moments later, about 4:01, when our officers spotted that stolen car,” Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said.Parizek said Swann, 21-year-old William Weaver and a third person were seen inside the stolen vehicle near SE 14th Street and Pioneer Road.Police officers followed the suspect vehicle until it pulled into a driveway. Weaver and the third person were taken into custody, according to Parizek."(Swann) had disappeared from officer's view," Parizek said. "When those backup officers arrived, they started searching for him, and within seconds of their arrival, they saw him hiding in a dark area near a garage in a backyard."After locating Swann, Parizek said senior Des Moines police officers Brian Buck, Brian Minnehan and Ryan Steinkamp asked him to show his hands. Police said Swann responded by firing a gun at the officers.“It was within seconds of them spotting him that this gunfire erupted,” Parizek said.Swann was shot at by all three officers and died at the scene.“They're three of the people that we know we can count on to serve the community well,” Parizek said. “Nobody comes to work wanting this to happen."Des Moines police said Swann robbed Skelton at a home in the 2400 block of Dean Avenue. According to police, Swann was armed with a shotgun, which he handed off to Weaver.Police charged Weaver with felon in possession of a firearm. Weaver also had outstanding warranted from Warren County for a probation violation.