Fort Dodge, Ia (AP)- Iowa authorities hav eidentified the Fort Dodge woman who was shot and killed by police last week.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said that the 39 -year-old Melissa Halda was fatally shot by a Webster County Sheriff’s Deputy during the Incident last Tuesday night. Halda was reported to be acting erratically while wielding knives before the shooting happened.
Halda was shot and killed after deputies from the Webster County Sheriff’s Office and a Fort Dodge police officer responded. No other details about the shooting were released.
The deputy who shot Halda has been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.
