sabrina: 28 year old ryan bollinger was killed back in june after a chase near merle hay mall. bollinger had approached the squad car of officer vanessa miller, who fired at him through the windshield this dashcam video was released last month. the des moines police chief found officer miller, a seven year veteran of the force, justified in her actions, and a grand jury did not indict her. the attorney for bolinger's family alleges miller was negligent and violated his constitutional rights. he adds the police department hasn't been transparent throughout the investigation. "we've wanted to review more of the evidence. unfortunately despite multiple requests we have not received that evidence. we don't have the witness statements, we don't have the reports, and all of the other things that the police claim constitutes their basis. so our hand was forced to file this lawsuit now as opposed to waiting until we had a chance to review that evidence for starters." sabrina: remains on personal leave officer miller remains on personal leave from the department. elias: the upcoming hear

moines police officer is filing a lawsuit against the officer who pulled the trigger. 28 year old ryan bollinger was killed back in juneney officer vanessa miller, who fired at him through her squad car windshield... after a chase near merle hay mall. his family filed a wrongful death lawsuit through their attorney. we will hear from him tonight on local five news at six and 10. the des moines police chief found officer miller, a seven year veteran of the force, justified in her actions, and a grand jury did not indict her. stephanie: target customers in southeast iowa are in an uproar right now. in consumer matters today, they're losing their store! target announced plans to close a location in ottumwa by january... as part of a decision to close 13 stores nationally that lose money. target operates about 1,800 stores nationwide. thousands of people though have joined a "save ottumwa target" facebook page, asking the store to reconsider. representatives of target say its a decision they haven't taken lightly. jack: on the presidential campaign trail today, new poll numbers show just how close t

elias: elias: in other local news-- 28 year old ryan bollinger was killed back in june after a chase near merle hay mall. bollinger had approached the squad car of officer vanessa miller, who fired at him through the windshield this dashcam at him through the windshield this dashcam video was released last this dashcam video was released last month. the des moines police chief found officer miller, a seven year veteran of the force, justified in her actions, and a grand jury did not indict her. the attorney for the force, justified in her actions, and a grand jury did not indict her. the attorney for bolinger's family alleges miller was negligent and violated his constitutional rights. he adds the police department hasn't been transparent throughout the investigation. "we've wanted to review more of the evidence. unfortunately despite multiple requests we have not received that evidence. we don't have the witness statements, we don't have the reports, and all of the other things that the police claim constitutes their basis. so our hand was forced to file this lawsuit now as opposed t

elias: the family of 28 year old ryan bollinger has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against des moines police. in june bollinger was shot by officer vanessa miller. the des moines police chief found officer miller justified in her actions, and a grand jury did not indict her. she remains on personal leave elias: elias: 40 members of the 649th regional support group will deploy as part of operation enduring freedom later this month. the unit is based in cedar rapids...and the only one from iowa that will be part of this deployment. the 40 iowans will be deployed for approximately one year. they will be responsible for managing facilities and providing logistical and administrative support to soldiers at forward operating base. a farewell ceremony has been planned for the unit on november 15. elias: today...november fifth....has been designated as winter weather awareness day in iowa the national weather service has joined with emergency agencies in uowa to help promote the awareness day. it is important to be prepared by having an emergency kit in your car, and making emergency prepared

ryan bolinger was shot and killed by officer vanessa miller on june 9th. police say bolinger first interrupted a traffic stop along merle hay road. bollinger is accused of pulling car... and then getting out and dancing in the street... he then got back into his car and drove the speed limit down merle hay road... when he made a u-turn at urbandale avenue... and was blocked in by officer vanessa miller and officer ian lawler... at that point bolinger got out of his car and walked toward officer miller as she sat in her patrol car... in car shooting video miller fired through her window killing bolinger. the next day police said miller fired when bolinger quote, "walked with purpose" towards her car. according to the civil lawsuit filed today.. "there is no provision of federal or iowa law that permits a police officer to kill a citizen on the grounds that the person was "walking with a purpose." 14:09:26 i think we're trying to obtain justice for every citizen of iowa and for every citizen of the united states. we don't live in the wild west. you can't bring him in dead or alive.. the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for negligence, batte

ryan bolinger started his car after a short chase with police. he got out and walked toward officer present -- vanessa miller. fearing for her safety, officer miller shot bollinger threw her car. mark tauscheck explains. >> the police admit that the dashcam shows a young man acting out of the ordinary in the minutes or the approaches officer nesson miller's squad car -- vanessa miller's squad car. >> he was not read his rights, he was shot and killed. >> brett beattie's gathering more information, but he says ryan bolinger did not present himself as a threat. >> he did not brandish weapons or throw anything. he did not speak threats. to hold or state that he posed a threat of killing another person is, in my view, ridiculous. >> the police chief defended his officers -- his officer's decision, saying she. for her safety. >> she was not able to make that assessment whether or not he was a threat. we now know she -- that that was the case, but she reacted based on what she knew in that moment. >> an internal investigation found officer miller did not violate any police department policy. >> i don't care what the police department says. i could turn it around and s

ryan bolinger was shot and killed by officer vanessa miller. the shooting took place on on june 9th at a traffic stop along merle hay road. bollinger is accused of pulling up next to the officer's patrol car... if you remember when it happened. ...it was when bollinger got out of his vehicle and then got out and started dancing in the street. then he got back into his car and drove the speed limit down merle hay road... when he made a u-turn at urbandale avenue... he was blocked in by officer vanessa miller and officer ian lawler... at that point bolinger got out of his car and walked toward officer miller as she sat in her patrol car... miller then fired through her window killing bolinger. the next day police said miller fired when bolinger quote, "walked with purpose" towards her car. according to the civil lawsuit filed on wednesday. "there is no provision of federal or iowa law that permits a police officer to kill a citizen on the grounds that the person was "walking with a purpose." the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for negligence, battery, and wrongful death. an internal investigation cleared officer miller of wrongdoin