MAQUOKETA, Iowa, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A retired city manager who took a shot at a tax assessor in an Iowa courthouse died from a gunshot wound during a struggle with a county supervisor, police said.
Francis "Gus" Glaser, 71, the former city manager of Maquoketa, the seat of Jackson County, attended the board of supervisors meeting Tuesday morning. He was told after a nasty argument that he would have to discuss his property tax dispute with the assessor, Deb Lane, officials said.