Articles Tagged: Iowa City Police Department

Iowa City police have arrested a man on murder charges after a fatal shooting last week on S. Gilbert Street.

Police found a man with gunshot wound after responding to the 1800 block of South Gilbert Street around 11:57 p.m. Saturday night.

A man has been arrested in connection with an assault that happened in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall in December. The Iowa City Police Department has sought the public’s help identifying people of interest in the case since December, and they asked the public for help again after two people were arrested in January.

An Indiana man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Tommy Curry, 31, of Iowa City, in 2021. Prosecutors said it was revenge killing.

A man who had told police he wanted to go to prison was arrested Friday on charges he flashed a gun to a teller at an Iowa City bank and told the teller “he would not go home tonight” if he didn’t hand over cash.

The Iowa City Police Department is investigating a suspicious death that happened Monday at a residence in the 300 Block of Camden Road, according to a news release from the department.

A Johnson County jury Tuesday found Renard Winfield Jr., of Gary, Ind., guilty of first-degree murder in what prosecutors called a revenge plot where Winfield posed as a woman to lure Tommy Curry, of Iowa City, to his death. The jury deliberated nearly four hours on Tuesday.

Renard Winfield Jr., of Gary, Ind., told police during an interview, he didn’t know or kill Tommy Curry, 31, of Iowa City, in April of 2021. He also denied being in Iowa at the time, even though investigators had evidence he was in Iowa City on April 28, when Curry was fatally shot.

The owner of an Iowa City venue has been charged with disorderly house after two women were stabbed and a fight broke out there Sunday.

The Iowa City Police Department recently launched its first-ever crisis co-responder team, pairing an officer with a mental health liaison to de-escalate crises, provide on-scene support, and connect individuals to essential services.

According to a news release, officers received a report of an assault that occurred about 6:55 p.m. in the parking lot of West High School.

Community members from across Johnson County are mourning an Iowa City woman who died this week, several days after being hit by a car during a group bike ride.

One person was injured Sunday in a crash between a car and a bicycle in Iowa City, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.

An Iowa City police officer was legally justified earlier this summer in shooting and injuring an armed man who was threatening suicide but refused more than a dozen orders to drop his gun, Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmerman Smith determined.

A former Iowa City police officer who lost a lawsuit against the city in April, claiming he was coerced into resigning or be fired, is now suing the city in federal court, claiming racial discrimination.