(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Attorney General has cleared officers who shot and killed a man during a July traffic stop in Dubuque County. Officers from the Dubuque Drug Task Force and other area agencies stopped a truck driven by James Young Sherrill as part of an investigation. Officers say Sherrill initially shut the truck off, but started it again and struggled with Dubuque County Deputy Adam Williams as Williams tried to get him out of the truck.

Williams tazed Sherrill, but he continued to resist and officers say he raised a handgun and Sergeant Williams and Dubuque Officer Chad Leitzen fired at him. Leitzen, and Monticello Police Officer Cole Millard fired at Sherrill as he continued to resist. Sherrill died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

A search of Sherrill’s truck revealed more than five pounds of methamphetamine and substances that appeared to be heroin, cocaine, and marijuana.