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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<\/p>\n
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — <\/span>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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Both officers are on administrative hold pending an investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.<\/p>\n