DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) Saturday night named the six officers involved in a deadly pursuit on Oct. 30.
The incident happened around 2:50 a.m. DPS reported multiple agencies were patrolling the area near 5200 Grand Avenue in Davenport when officers initiated a traffic stop.
The driver failed to stop and a pursuit began. Shortly after, the vehicle "became inoperable" in the area near Kimberly Road and Elmore Avenue in Davenport.
DPS reported the occupants fled the scene on foot but did not disclose how many occupants there were. During the foot chase, officers exchanged gunfire with one occupant, shooting and killing him at the scene.
The department later identified the individual as Davenport resident Kenneth Jamel Carrol, 24. An autopsy had been scheduled with the State Medical Examiner's Office, according to DPS.
Two state troopers, three Davenport police officers and one Bettendorf police officer were placed on "critical incident leave" following the altercation. None were injured in the pursuit.
Those officers are:
- Trooper Kenneth Voorhees, 6.5 years of law enforcement experience (Iowa State Patrol)
- Trooper Dwight Swartz, 5.5 years of law enforcement experience (Iowa State Patrol)
- Officer Brandon Askew, 10 years of law enforcement experience (Davenport Police Department)
- Officer Mason Pauley, 1 year and 11 months of law enforcement experience (Davenport Police Department)
- Officer Benjamin Betsworth, 1 year and 2 months of law enforcement experience (Davenport Police Department)
- Officer Zachary Thomas, 13 years and 1 month of law enforcement experience (Bettendorf Police Department)
Each one remains on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Once that is completed, all findings will be handed over to the Scott County Attorney's Office and the Iowa Attorney General's Office for review.
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