Man wanted in connection with fatal shooting and armed carjacking in Nebraska dies after being shot and killed by police officers in Iowa following a chase
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting and armed carjacking in Nebraska was shot and killed by police officers in Iowa after a chase.
Police in Omaha, Neb., responded to a domestic assault call just before 6 a.m. Saturday and learned that 41-year-old Matthew Briggs had entered a home and assaulted a woman, they said the police in a press release. She was able to escape.
Minutes later, police learned Briggs drove his car through the garage door of a nearby home. The woman who lived there was not home, but Briggs shot a neighbor who came to check on her, police said. The neighbor was unharmed.
Around 7 a.m., police were called to a third home and found 52-year-old Steven Donsbach shot to death. Briggs was named a person of interest.
On Saturday afternoon, a Toyota Camry was carjacked in suburban Omaha by a man matching Briggs’ description. Officers spotted the car and began a pursuit.
The chase crossed into Iowa. In Council Bluff, the Toyota crashed and two officers, one from Omaha and one from Council Bluffs, shot Briggs. He died in a hospital. Omaha police did not say what led to the shooting, but said two guns were found in the stolen car Briggs was driving.
Both officers are on administrative hold pending an investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
