WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) — One person is dead after being shot early this (Tuesday) morning by a Waterloo Police officer.  Authorities say the 42-year-old man was shot after he refused to exit his vehicle and instead rammed a patrol car with his vehicle. Police said a reckless driver attempted to hit an officer’s patrol car in the area of Colorado and Arizona at around 3:23 a.m. Police sad the officer chased the suspect vehicle for several minutes. Additional officers arrived to help stop the suspect.

Police then said they gave verbal orders for the suspect to exit the vehicle, but the driver accelerated, running into an occupied patrol vehicle head-on. That’s when police say an officer shot the suspect. The suspect -whose name was not immediately released – died from his wounds. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the incident. The officer who shot the suspect has been placed on critical incident leave pending completion of the investigation, and as a standard procedure in officer-involved shootings.