STUART, Iowa – A federal grand jury has approved charges against an Adair County man involved in a shoot-out with law officers.
The jury charges Randall Lee Comly with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing and discharging a firearm in the furtherance of a drug crime.
The charges came after police say Comly shot at a Stuart police officer and two Guthrie County Deputies on October 17th after they entered his apartment in Stuart to serve a warrant.
Two deputies and Comly suffered non-life threatening injuries in the shoot-out. Officers found a gun and methamphetamine in the bedroom of the apartment.
Comly would face a minimum of 25 years in prison and possibly life on the federal charges. State charges of attempted murder will be dismissed to allow the federal charges to proceed.
