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Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, 5/2/17

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May 2nd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CDT

COUNCIL BLUFF, Iowa (AP) — The inmate who escaped from a western Iowa jail Monday managed to steal a sheriff’s deputy’s gun as he was returning from a court appearance and shot two deputies. One deputy died later. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker says 23-year-old Wesley Williams Correa-Carmenaty attacked and shot the two deputies who were driving inmates back from court Monday.

CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the weekend death of a University of Iowa freshman who was found unresponsive in a lakeside resort motel in in central Missouri’s Camden County. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Kamil Jackowski of Arlington Heights, Illinois, was found unconscious in the motel Sunday. He was later declared dead at a hospital, and an autopsy was planned.

MILFORD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a northwest Iowa man has died after exchanging gunfire with police. The Iowa Department of Public Safety on Monday says Milford police officers were called Sunday night to a problem at a home. As officers approached the home, a man inside fired several shots and a Milford officer returned fire. Officers tried for several hours to make contact with the person inside and finally entered the home about midnight. They found 52-year-old Robert Brunner dead in the home.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s attorney general says Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will not have the authority to appoint a lieutenant governor when she replaces Gov. Terry Branstad. Reynolds is preparing to become governor when Branstad resigns to become U.S. ambassador to China in the coming weeks. Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller said in a legal opinion Monday that Reynolds will assume all the duties of an elected governor through January 2019 but won’t have the power to appoint a new lieutenant governor.