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A Washington, Iowa, teen died this weekend after being shot in the head while squirrel hunting, according to a press release from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago.

The man accused in the Charlie Kirk assassination had earlier expressed to family his opposition to the viewpoints of the conservative activist, the authorities said Friday in announcing an arrest in a targeted killing that raised fresh alarms about political violence in the United States.

Police were working Thursday to identify the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk on Wednesday. Authorities say the suspect “appears to be of college age,” and after firing the shot, they jumped from the roof and slipped away in the mayhem.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after a fatal shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids.

Iowa Republicans and Democrats offered prayers and condemned political violence after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday.

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that the state's governor called a “political assassination.”

A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Sunday after police say she shot several times at a man who she had been living with while involved in an intimate relationship.

Two teenagers who were charged this week with robbery and assault in relation to a shooting earlier this month were meeting with the victims of the shooting to buy marijuana, according to criminal complaints released Thursday.

Also in today’s Capitol Notebook, the Iowa Department of Education announced $8 million in a new round of grant funding to recognize and reward teacher excellence.

A shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible.”

Iowa State University among college campuses targeted

Two teenagers are now charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting that injured four people Aug. 3 in Iowa City.

A 17-year-old and another juvenile were the first arrests in connection with a targeted shooting that happened just before 3 a.m. in Iowa City. Additional arrests are anticipated, police said.

A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested in connection with a Waterloo shooting that injured two people in late July.