On the morning of August 11, 2020, Brian Eric Rainey, a 39-year-old White male and off-duty Mahaska County deputy sheriff, was fatally wounded in Ottumwa, Iowa. Emergency services responded about 7:20 a.m. to the 700 block of Edwards Drive after a report of an accidental shooting. Rainey, a Tracy, Iowa resident who had previously served with the Oskaloosa Police Department from 2008 to 2017, was transported to Ottumwa Regional Health Center and died at 8:01 a.m. from a gunshot wound to the torso.

The Ottumwa Police Department investigated and concluded the firearm discharge was accidental, and no suspects or arrests were announced. The community and his fellow officers mourned the loss of a career law enforcement member. If anyone witnessed the incident or has information about what happened that morning, please come forward.