Sioux City, Iowa — Woodbury County Attorney James Loomis has cleared two Sioux City police officers in the fatal shooting of a man in the parking ramp of the Hard Rock Casino on January 8th. Loomis says 55-year-old Salvador Perez-Garcia of Sioux City wanted a confrontation with officers.
Loomis says Loomis says Perez-Garcia had been banned from the casino in June of 2023 because of thefts. Loomis says he was seen smoking was believed to be meth on a casino security camera before driving to the police station and then returning to the parking garage. He then rammed the car of an officer who was there on an unrelated matter.
Loomis says Perez-Garcia rammed a second patrol car, and then came at officers with a chain that had a metal object on the end.
Officers fired eleven rounds, and Perez-Garcia died at the scene. Police Chief Rex Mueller says the two officers have returned to duty
Mueller and Loomis both extended their condolences to Perz-Garcia’s family.
