Scott Michael Greene- Iowa- 2016 (CAPTURED!)

Scott Michael Greene is the man wanted for killing two police officers in Des Moines,Iowa Wednesday morning
Police have identified a suspect wanted for shooting dead two police officers in Des Moines, Iowa early Wednesday morning.

Scott Michael Greene, 46, of Urbandale is considered 'armed and dangerous'. Anyone who sees the suspect is urged to call 911, and not approach him.

He is described as being five-foot-11, 180 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. He was last seen driving a blue 2011 Ford F-150 pick-up truck with a Iowa license plate number 780YFR. The truck has a silver topper with a ladder rack.

According to public records, Greene has had several run-ins with the laws including arrests for harassment, interfering with an official, assault causing bodily injury, criminal mischief and domestic assault.

Greene's identity was released a little more than seven hours after two police officers in Des Moines were found shot to death in their patrol cars.

The first officer was shot dead in his patrol car outside Urbandale High School at approximately 1:06am. Twenty minutes later, responding officers found a second officer dead in his car just two miles away. The first officer was declared dead at the scene while the second officer died after being transported to Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

'There's somebody out there shooting police officers. We hope to find him before somebody else gets hurt,' Sgt. Paul Parizek, spokesman for the Des Moines Police Department, said at a 5am press conference.

He added: 'On the surface, it doesn’t look like there was any interaction between these officers and whoever the coward is who shot them while they sat in their cars.'

Both officers were from the Urbandale Police Department, which patrols the northwest Des Moines suburb. The department has about 50 officers. Urbandale Police Sgt. Chad Underwood said he believes this is the first deadly Urbandale police shooting.

Urbandale officers are equipped with body cameras, but they don't run constantly and it's unclear whether there was video of the shootings.

Des Moines Police said there is 'a clear and present danger' to its officers, following this morning's shootings.

As a result, the department has doubled its officers. All officers must now patrol in groups of at least two until the gunman or gunmen are captured.

'We're always vigilant about our safety, but we've still got to go out there,' Parizek said.

Following the shootings, officers in SWAT gear were going door to door at the crime scenes, interviewing locals who may have witnessed the crime.

The names of both officers have not yet been released, but Parizek promised that they would be released in due time. The department is currently in the process of informing the officers' next of kin.

Public schools in Urbandale have been cancelled for Wednesday out of safety for its students.

The school district released a statement reading: 'All Urbandale Community School District schools, departments, offices are cancelled/closed today, Wednesday, November 2, 2016. There will be no Adventuretime and no school per the recommendations of Urbandale and Des Moines law enforcement. Staff are not to report to buildings.'

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad also issued a statement on the shootings this morning.

'An attack on public safety officers is an attack on the public safety of all Iowans. We call on Iowans to support our law enforcement officials in bringing this suspect to justice.

'Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the police officers who were tragically killed in the line of duty as well as the officers who continue to put themselves in harm’s way,' part of the statement read.

According to Officer Down Memorial Page, 111 police officers have died in the line of duty this year, including three from Iowa.

Forty-eight of these officers were killed by non-accidental gunfire.

The attacks on police this summer in Dallas and Baton Rouge came in the wake of several high-profile police shootings of black men, fueling a national debate about police use of force, especially against minorities - a frequent topic in the nation's presidential race.

Republican nominee Donald Trump has argued that police need the freedom to use greater force, while Democrat Hillary Clinton has taken a more nuanced position of supporting officers while also calling for restraint when dealing with minority communities. The most divisive general election in memory is just six days away.


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