A 44-year-old man who was shot by a Waterloo police officer has been charged with two counts of assault on a peace officer. Marcelino Alvarez-Victoriano was shot Wednesday after he allegedly aimed what looked like a long gun at two Black Hawk County sheriff’s deputies. The deputies were responding to reports that a man with a gun was seen walking toward downtown Waterloo. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said Thursday that Alvarez-Victoriano chased one deputy around a vehicle and aimed at another deputy. A Waterloo officer responding to the scene shot Alvarez-Victoriano. Alvarez-Victoriano’s weapon turned out to be an air gun. He remains hospitalized at this time.
