Shooting at Rural Iowa Property | Sioux City News

Sioux City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 2, 2026 · 1m

A deadly confrontation unfolded on a remote rural property in Plymouth County, leaving one man dead and sparking a murder investigation. Thirty-five-year-old Ashley Ruhland, who was staying with the victim, Justin Emmick, allegedly shot him twice — once in the back, once in the head — claiming self-defense amid a volatile situation involving a protection order. Despite her claim that “it’s got to be now, or it’s going to be me,” authorities say she was uninjured and had been learning to shoot from Emmick. Ruhland, now charged with first-degree murder, faces court on August tenth as multiple…