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The Latest: Funeral set for 2nd Iowa officer shot in ambush

Associated Press
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    This Nov. 3, 2016 photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office in Des Moines, Iowa, shows Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale, Iowa. Greene was arrested earlier in the day and charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio and Urbandale officer Justin Martin. Police say Greene fired upon the officers while they were sitting in their patrol cars in separate attacks early Wednesday. (Polk County Sheriff's Office via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    Local residents place flowers on a memorial outside the Urbandale Police Department, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Urbandale, Iowa. Urbandale officer Justin Martin and Des Moines officer Sgt. Anthony Beminio were ambushed and fatally shot in separate attacks Wednesday as they sat in their patrol cars, authorities said. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (The Associated Press)

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    This undated photo provided by the Des Moines Police Department shows Des Moines police Sgt. Anthony "Tony" Beminio, who is one of two Des Moines area police officers shot to death early Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Police say Scott Michael Greene, of Urbandale, Iowa, the man suspected in the killings, surrendered Wednesday to a state Department of Natural Resources officer. (Des Moines Police Department via AP) (The Associated Press)

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Latest on two officers in the Des Moines, Iowa, area who were killed in what authorities describe as ambush-style attacks (all times local):

7:45 a.m.

A funeral has been scheduled for the second Iowa police officer who was fatally shot in an ambush-style attack while sitting in his police vehicle.

Des Moines police said Friday that a visitation for Sgt. Anthony Beminio will be held Sunday afternoon in West Des Moines. His funeral is set for Monday morning.

The 38-year-old Beminio was killed about 20 minutes after 24-year-old Urbandale Officer Justin Martin was fatally shot less than 2 miles away.

Martin's funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in his hometown of Rockwell City.

The suspect, 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder.

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12:25 a.m.

An Iowa man charged in the killings of two police officers was facing intense money problems, had been found by a judge to hit and financially exploit his mother and was ordered to move out of her basement hours before the shootings.

Forty-six-year-old Scott Michael Greene was arrested Thursday afternoon after detectives questioned him at the Des Moines police station. Greene was secured with the handcuffs that had belonged to the patrolmen who were killed in ambush-style attacks, Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio and Urbandale officer Justin Martin, and was later booked into the county jail.

Greene was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, he would receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole.