Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say no charges will be filed against a business owner who shot and killed a suspected burglar outside his business in southern Des Moines. Des Moines police said Friday that 67-year-old Thomas Kraft encountered 37-year-old Amund Benjamin Haarstad, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, stealing items from the shop on Wednesday and fired a gun into the ground after Haarstad threatened him. Police say the bullet ricocheted and hit Haarstad in the head.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A termination letter shows that a member of the Iowa State Patrol was fired this month because of “intimidating, threatening and unwelcome” interactions with colleagues. The patrol fired Des Moines-based trooper Wade Karp on July 3 after a 10-month paid administrative leave. The agency had refused to explain the reason for the termination, saying only he violated department rules. The patrol reversed course and released a redacted copy of Karp’s two-page termination letter.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A unique memorial service set for 5-year-old Garrett Matthias of central Iowa is matched only by the one-of-a-kind obituary the preschooler had a hand in authoring and that is now garnering national attention. The Des Moines Register reports that Garrett died July 6 of a rare cancer that attacked his temporal bone and cranial nerve. But his funny take on life and death in his obituary _ signed “See ya’ later, suckas! – The Great Garrett Underpants” _ that’s getting smiles.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray was remembered at his funeral as a public servant and humanitarian. Family, friends and Iowa leaders gathered Friday for Ray’s funeral at the First Christian Church in Des Moines.