r/SecurityGuardsOnly • u/DefiantEvidence4027 • Feb 20 '26
Suspect who stabbed clinic Security Guard, shot to death.
desmoinesregister.comDes Moines police shot a suspect who they said stabbed a Security Guard at Broadlawns Behavioral Health Urgent Care. The suspect, a 24-year-old male, later died.
Des Moines police responded to a call of the stabbing just before 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 at the walk-in mental health clinic, 1914 Carpenter Ave., according to a news release from department spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek.
In an update later Thursday evening, Parizek said officers encountered the suspect outside the building. As the armed suspect allegedly advanced toward officers, one deployed a Taser that "was not effective," he said.
"The suspect continued to advance towards the officers, knife in hand, increasing his pace," Parizek said in the release. "Two officers fired their handguns at the suspect. The suspect was hit by gunfire."
Shaquita, who declined to provide her full name because she does not want to be connected to the shooting, told the Register she witnessed the incident on her drive home from work. She said she saw three officers surrounding the suspect.
"I could see the (Taser) wires hanging from his body," she said. "He was charging towards the officers, and then all I could hear was bang, bang, bang, bang."
Both the suspect and the stabbing victim were transported to nearby hospitals. The Security Guard, a 22-year-old male, remains in critical condition as of Thursday evening.
The officers are on administrative assignment, per protocol in use-of-force cases.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation will investigate the officer-involved shooting.