DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say the body of a man, who resisted officers’ rescue attempts, has been found inside a fire-damaged Des Moines home.
The officers were sent to check a disturbance early Tuesday morning and saw a man inside the home. The officers say the man wouldn’t open a door and say he threatened them and said he had a gun. The officers say they then saw a fire erupt inside.
A police news release says the officers broke into the home and tried to rescue the man. They say he resisted, and soon they were forced out by the flames and smoke.
Firefighters sent to the home put out the blaze and found the man’s body. Investigators say the fire was intentionally started.
