A man we told you about Monday who was shot and killed by Waterloo officers over the weekend was actually holding a realistic-looking pellet gun. 32 year old Michael Ahrens died at an Iowa City hospital after being shot by police in Waterloo on Saturday afternoon, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Investigators said the incident began when Waterloo police responded to reports of a man waving a gun around at an ice cream shop and encountered what appeared to be an armed man walking along a road. Police said the man, later identified as Ahrens, refused orders to drop the gun and was shot with a bean bag round to try to subdue him. He then pointed the gun he was holding at officers, who shot him. Ahrens was shot twice and was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to the Iowa City hospital, where he died.
