Larry Tiarks
Name: Larry Tiarks
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 08/23/2012
Location: 200 block Juniper Road
Avoca, Iowa, 51521
County: Pottawattamie
Agency: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Transportation, Harlan Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: A robbery was reported at Shelby County Bank in Shelby. According to police, an on-duty SCSD deputy saw a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car leaving the city. Police gave chase to Avoca, where the driver, Larry Tiarks, stopped at a home and barricaded himself inside. Officers from numerous agencies surrounded the home for more than four hours. Efforts to contact Tiarks were unsuccessful, police said. An ISP Tactical Entry Team went inside shortly after 4 p.m. and reportedly found that Tiarks had hung himself.
Unique ID: 11735
News article: Link
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