CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — A photo of the Glock style airsoft gun Logan Kurth wielded and pointed at officers before he was shot and killed by Toledo Police Lt. Nathan Wunn on July 5.

TAMA — In a report released on Friday, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tama man Logan Kurth by Lt. Nathan Wunn of the Toledo Police Department on July 5 was legally justified.

The report also provides further details about the circumstances surrounding Kurth’s death.

“At 1 a.m. on July 5, 2025, Tama County Dispatch received a 911 call from a citizen requesting a welfare check on Logan Kurth. The citizen had received a video call from Kurth, who said he was on methamphetamine and drunk and wanted to kill himself. The caller could see in the video that Kurth had a handgun,” it reads. “Officers from the Tama Police Department, Toledo Police Department, and Tama County Sheriff’s Office spoke to Kurth’s mother, who was concerned that Kurth’s grandmother, Susan Hughes, was still in the house with him in Tama. Hughes then drove to the officers’ location. She advised the officers that when she left the house, Kurth had a handgun.”

From there, officers began searching and located Kurth at approximately 1:37 a.m., near 13th Street in Tama.

He advanced on the officers while pointing a handgun at them, the report says. Kurth ignored multiple commands to drop the gun and told officers to shoot him. He advanced specifically on Lieutenant Nathan Wunn of the Toledo Police Department, yelling at Wunn “Ready? F***ing do it! Just do one shot!” Once he advanced within feet of Wunn with the handgun raised and aimed at the officer, Wunn fired three rounds at Kurth, who was taken to the Marshalltown hospital and pronounced dead from his injuries.

In the hours leading up to the incident, Kurth had gone to an apartment in Marshalltown with friends, consumed alcohol and taken an “unknown pill” he brought with him. He had also noticed the apartment owner’s airsoft pistol and was continually “messing with it,” and it was later discovered to be missing after he left the apartment.

“The gun Kurth had at the scene was an airsoft ‘Glock’ style gun, designed to look authentic,” the report said. “Kurth had a long history of mental-health and substance-abuse problems. Kurth had previously informed family members that he would die before he went back to jail. Roughly an hour before the shooting, he texted a family member, ‘This is it. I’m going to take out the cops. Someone’s dying tonight. It’s probably me.”

Kurth had previously been arrested in January after allegedly stealing his stepfather’s AR-15 rifle and making threats to kill his family, but that charge was dismissed after his death. A full copy of the report is available at https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/2025_2B774888A998F.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery.

“Wunn was justified in using deadly force against Logan Kurth. Kurth was reported to be acting

erratically and armed with a handgun. He was making threats against himself and others, and officers had heard him threaten to burn down his grandmother’s house and then threaten to steal a car, endangering the public. When officers located Kurth he advanced directly toward them. He repeatedly ignored commands to drop his handgun and instead continued to advance on the officers, demanding that they shoot him. Despite that, they did not fire, instead adjusting their positions to give themselves cover. Once Kurth rounded the corner of the SUV, Lt. Wunn no longer had any cover. Even then, Wunn did not open fire until Kurth raised his arm and aimed his handgun directly at him. Wunn was justified in using deadly force to prevent the imminent threat against his own life and those of the other officers in the area,” the report concludes. “The Iowa Attorney General’s Office concludes that the officer’s actions were legally justified and that criminal charges are unwarranted. It considers the criminal investigation into this incident to be closed.”