RIGHT NOW. STEVE: FIRST AT 6:00, A KCCI EXCLUSIVE. STACEY: WE CAN FIR BECAM MORE EXPLOSIVE — EVEN MORE DEVASTATING FOR SOME PEOPLE WHEN AN ATTORNEY STARTED HURLING RACIAL SLURS AT HIS NEIGHBORS. KCCI’S ANDREW MOLLENBECK IS LIVE IN WEST DES MOINES WITH HOW THIS ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION ESCALATED. ANDREW POLICE HERE IN WEST DES : MOINES TELL ME GROUPS FORMED OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DURING THE FIRE SATURDAY EVENING. AND WITNESSES SAY THE CONVERSATION TURNED SUDDENLY. VIDEO WE GOT FROM A NEIGHBOR SHOWS SOME OF THE MOMENTS WHEN ADAM KEHRWALD WAS TALKING OUTSIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO HA ESCAPED THE APARTMENT FIRE AT REGENCY WOODS RIGHT AS THINGS BEGIN TO ESCALAT >> I JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT HE DID THAT. ANDREW: PAULA BLACK SAYS SHE’S KNOWN KEHRWALD FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. SHE SAYS SHE WAS SCARED AS HE BECAME MORE THREATENING. >> WE TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN, ME AND ANOTHER GIRL, AND I TO ADAM, PLEASE DON’T TALK LIKE THAT. THAT’S NOT NICE. THEN HE WENT AROUND THE CORNER AND STARTED YELLING AT ALL THOSE PEOPLE ANDREW: ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, KEHRWALD INITIALLY OFFERED HIS LEGAL HELP TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FIRE. THEY DECLINED, AND THAT’S WHEN HIS ATTITUDE FLIPPED WEST DES MOINES POLICE SGT. JASON HEINTZ SAYS KEHRWALD BEGAN THREATENING THE VERY PEOPLE HE FIRST OFFERED TO HELP. >> HE STARTED USING THE RACIAL SLURS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO GET A FIREARM AND RETURN. SO OUR OFFICERS DECIDED TO INTERVENE AT THAT TIME. ANDREW: BUT THE ARREST DID NOT GO SMOOTHLY. POLICE SAY KEHRWALD WENT FROM MAKING VERBAL THREATS TO PHYSICALLY PUNCHING TH >> WHEN THEY WENT TO PLACE HIM INTO CUSTODY, HE BEGAN TO FIGHT. HE STRUCK A COUPLE OF THE IN THE FACE WITH A FIST AND AN ELBOW. AND THEN HE ALSO ASSAULTED A THIRD FEMALE OFFICER THAT WE HAD ON SCENE BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY ANDREW: INVESTIGATORS SAY POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO CAPTURES THESE MOMENTS, BOTH THE THREATS AND THE FIGHTING, BUT THAT VIDEO IS NOT BEING RELEASED. KEHRWALD FACES A SERIES OF CHARGES, INCLUDING USING ABUSI EPITHETS AND ASSAULTING A PEACE OFFICER CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. WE DIDN’T REACH OUT TOTHE LAWYER BY PHONE BUT HE DECLINED TO COMME
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Iowa lawyer accused of utilizing racial slurs after hearth victims declined authorized assist
Up to date: 2:59 AM CDT Could 7, 2023
A weekend condo hearth in West Des Moines, Iowa, grew to become much more devastating for some residents when a neighbor threatened them with violence and racial slurs.On Saturday, first responders extinguished a fireplace on the Regency Woods Flats.In accordance with West Des Moines police, lawyer Adam Kehrwald supplied authorized assist to a gaggle of evacuated residents exterior the condo complicated in the course of the hearth.When the group declined, police mentioned Kehrwald threatened the individuals he supplied to assist. “He began utilizing the racial slurs, after which ultimately acknowledged that he was going to go get a firearm and return,” West Des Moines Police Sgt. Jason Heintz mentioned. “So, our officers determined to intervene at the moment.”Paula Black mentioned she’s recognized Kehrwald for at the least a yr and have become scared as he grew to become extra threatening. “We tried to calm him down, me and one other lady, and I informed, ‘Adam, please do not discuss like that. That is not good,’” she mentioned. “Then he went across the nook and began yelling in any respect these individuals.”Heintz mentioned Kehrwald went from making verbal threats to punching officers as they tried to arrest him.“After they went to position him into custody, he started to struggle,” he mentioned. “He struck a few the officers within the face with a fist and an elbow, after which he additionally assaulted a 3rd feminine officer that we had on-scene earlier than they had been in a position to take him into custody.”Investigators mentioned police physique digital camera video captured Kehrwald’s threats and violence. Kehrwald faces a sequence of fees, together with utilizing abusive epithets and assaulting a peace officer inflicting severe damage.Sister station KCCI contacted Adam Kehrwald by cellphone. He declined to remark.
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A weekend condo hearth in West Des Moines, Iowa, grew to become much more devastating for some residents when a neighbor threatened them with violence and racial slurs.
On Saturday, first responders extinguished a fireplace on the Regency Woods Flats.
In accordance with West Des Moines police, lawyer Adam Kehrwald supplied authorized assist to a gaggle of evacuated residents exterior the condo complicated in the course of the hearth.
When the group declined, police mentioned Kehrwald threatened the individuals he supplied to assist.
“He began utilizing the racial slurs, after which ultimately acknowledged that he was going to go get a firearm and return,” West Des Moines Police Sgt. Jason Heintz mentioned. “So, our officers determined to intervene at the moment.”
Paula Black mentioned she’s recognized Kehrwald for at the least a yr and have become scared as he grew to become extra threatening.
“We tried to calm him down, me and one other lady, and I informed, ‘Adam, please do not discuss like that. That is not good,’” she mentioned. “Then he went across the nook and began yelling in any respect these individuals.”
Heintz mentioned Kehrwald went from making verbal threats to punching officers as they tried to arrest him.
“After they went to position him into custody, he started to struggle,” he mentioned. “He struck a few the officers within the face with a fist and an elbow, after which he additionally assaulted a 3rd feminine officer that we had on-scene earlier than they had been in a position to take him into custody.”
Investigators mentioned police physique digital camera video captured Kehrwald’s threats and violence. Kehrwald faces a sequence of fees, together with utilizing abusive epithets and assaulting a peace officer inflicting severe damage.
Sister station KCCI contacted Adam Kehrwald by cellphone. He declined to remark.
