the clinton campaign canceled a rally in iowa after two police officers were shot. | ap photo by brent griffiths 11/02/16 12:33 pm edt updated 11/02/16 11:43 am edt hillary clinton<u+2019>s campaign canceled a joint event with tim kaine and former president bill clinton scheduled for wednesday in iowa<u+2019>s state capital after two area police officers were killed overnight in an <u+201c>ambush-style attack.<u+201d> the event had been billed as an effort to get out the early vote in the crucial swing state, which has been rocked by the shooting. story continued below according to an associated press report, officers responded to reports of shots fired at 1:06 a.m. on wednesday and found an urbandale police department officer who had been shot in his patrol car. authorities then covered the area and discovered that a des moines officer had also been shot in a patrol car at an intersection less than two miles from the original shooting. <u+201c>there<u+2019>s somebody out there shooting police officers. we hope to find him before somebody else gets hurt,<u+201d> des moines sgt. paul parizek said during a news conference. by associated press shortly afterward, parizek announced that a suspect, a man identified as scott michael greene, had been taken into custody in dallas county, an area west of des moines. donald trump on wednesday morning tweeted out his support for the families of the victims. <u+201c>praying for the families of the two iowa police who were ambushed this morning. an attack on those who keep us safe is an attack on us all,<u+201d> he said. urbandale is a suburb of about 40,000 people in the des moines metro area with about 50 officers. officials in urbandale canceled school for the day. des moines has about 375 sworn officers. in a signed tweet, clinton later expressed her sympathies for the officers' families affected and added there is no defense for the violence. "heartbroken for the families of two brave officers who were killed in iowa. there<u+2019>s no justification for this kind of violence," she said. attorney general loretta lynch condemned the "senseless attacks"and vowed that the department of justice will vigorously pursue anyone who targets law enforcement officers. "this tragic incident is yet another reminder of the tremendous dangers that law enforcement officers face each and every day," lynch said at a previously scheduled appearance to honor veterans in the department. "we are determined to hold to account anyone who targets police officers simply because they have the courage and selflessness to wear that badge each and every day." by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
clinton calls off iowa campaign event after police shootings - politico
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