Lang
9/3/20
Coralville police have identified the man they shot during a Thursday morning standoff.
47-year-old Joseph George Maser of Coralville remains in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. His condition is not being released.
According to Coralville Police, officers were called to the 2400 block of Dempster Drive just before 10am Thursday for a potentially suicidal male. Once at the scene, investigators reported hearing a gunshot, but were subsequently able to make contact with the lone occupant of the home.
For the next hour and ten minutes, officers had intermittent contact with the person, later identified as Maser. They tried to convince him to accept help, while he continued to threaten both himself and officers.
Police say at one point, Maser appeared at the front door willing to surrender, but then retreated back inside, subsequently emerging from the garage pointing a rifle at officers.
One officer fired two rounds, both of which struck Maser in the upper torso.
The officer is not being identified at this time in consideration of the on-going investigation.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) was requested to the scene and will
conduct the investigation.