Police in the northwest Iowa town of Sheldon responded at around 2:36-a.m. Saturday, to a report of a man laying in the middle of the street in the 1100 block of south 3rd Avenue. Upon officers’ arrival, they found an unresponsive male and began life-saving measures, but those attempts were unsuccessful.  The male, who was later identified as 32-year old Joshua Andrew Rook, of Sheldon, was transported to the Sanford Sheldon Hospital by the Sheldon Community Ambulance Team where he was pronounced dead.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation was contacted and responded to assist the Sheldon Police Department in the investigation of Rook’s death.  An autopsy will be performed by the State Medical Examiner’s office on a future date.  The investigation into the incident is ongoing and law enforcement has no reason to believe that the public is in any danger.  More information will be released as information becomes available.

The Sheldon Police Department was assisted by the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Department, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Sheldon Community Ambulance Team, the Sheldon Fire Department, and the O’Brien County Attorney’s office.