Saturday 25th May 2024

The man accused of shooting and killing  state trooper Jim Smith is out of the hospital and in jail.

Michael Lang of Grundy Center was released and was taken to the Black Hawk County Jail where he is being held on a three-million-dollar cash bond. Lang is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Smith in Grundy Center on April 9th. He is also charged with an attempt to commit murder for allegedly trying to kill state troopers in an armored personnel carrier, and assault on a peace officer, for assaulting a Grundy Center officer the same night.