STORM CHANCES THERE TUESDAY AND ON THURSDAY. THANK YOU DAVID. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS NOW FROM DALLAS COUNTY. WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF THE DEPUTIES AND THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING. IT HAPPENED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR EARLHAM, WHEN THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE ON AUTHORITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY. DEPUTIES, DEPUTIES. JACOB BURRELL, ERIC GRIMM AND DREW HURLEY WERE INVOLVED. ADEL POLICE OFFICER JOEL GOHMERT STUART, POLICE OFFICER SHANE MARTINSON AND ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TYLER DEFRANCISCO WERE THERE. OFFICIALS SAY ALL SIX HAD FIRED THEIR WEAPONS THAT DAY. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, WHICH IS STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR AN INCIDENT OF THIS TYPE. INVESTIGATORS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS ERIC RAYFORD. HE WAS WANTED IN COLORADO FOR HIS CONNECTION TO AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AND CRITICALLY INJURING A WOMAN THERE. RAYFORD IS FROM MILWAUKEE. HE WAS A
Authorities identify law enforcement officers who fired shots at suspect in deadly shooting
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Updated: 4:27 PM CDT Apr 18, 2025
Officials have identified the officers and deputies who fired their weapons Tuesday morning in a shooting that killed a suspect along Interstate 80.The Dallas County Sheriff's Office says Vonderrick Rayford, 51, of Milwaukee, died Tuesday after being shot by deputies and law enforcement officers from other agencies.Rayford was initially pulled over for excessive speeding, according to the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said Rayford fired shots at law enforcement "without provocation" during the investigation. Officers and deputies at the scene returned gunfire and hit Rayford, who died at the scene.The following law enforcement officers have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation:Dallas County Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Jacob SpurrellDeputy Eric GrimmDeputy Drew HurleyAdel Police DepartmentOfficer Joel GummertStuart Police DepartmentOfficer Shane MartinsonAdair County Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Tyler DeFrancisco» Subscribe to vlog's YouTube page» Download the free vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play
EARLHAM, Iowa — Officials have identified the officers and deputies who fired their weapons Tuesday morning in a shooting that killed a suspect along Interstate 80.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office says Vonderrick Rayford, 51, of Milwaukee, died Tuesday after being shot by deputies and law enforcement officers from other agencies.
Rayford was initially pulled over for excessive speeding, according to the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said Rayford fired shots at law enforcement "without provocation" during the investigation. Officers and deputies at the scene returned gunfire and hit Rayford, who died at the scene.
The following law enforcement officers have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation:
Dallas County Sheriff’s Office
- Deputy Jacob Spurrell
- Deputy Eric Grimm
- Deputy Drew Hurley
Adel Police Department
Stuart Police Department
Adair County Sheriff’s Office
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