One of four arrested in connection with fatal Cedar Rapids shooting may have fought with victim

One of the men U.S. Marshals arrested last week, who police wanted to question in connection with a fatal shooting on G Avenue NW earlier this month, may have gotten into a fight with the victim, according to federal court documents.

Derek Hughes-Doby, 28, told Cedar Rapids police he was at the house in the 1000 block of G Avenue NW when Bryan Ahmaad Edwards, 32, was shot and killed on Sept. 10, according to a federal detention order filed Monday. Hughes-Doby said he was there that night because Cecil Howell, also arrested by the marshals last week, wanted to retrieve some clothes and got into an argument or fight with Edwards.

Hughes-Doby, Cecil Howell, 45, Keith Moore, Jr., 30, and Treundes Howell, 28, whom authorities said were all at the crime scene that night, have each been charged with being unlawful drug users in possession of firearms in U.S. District Court. Moore and Howell, charged two weeks ago, remain in custody.

Cecil Howell also remains in custody and didn't ask for a detention hearing, according to court documents. No further details of his alleged fight with Edwards were included in the documents.

Federal documents filed two weeks ago show that a witness described four men as coming to the house in a white SUV and then leaving after shots were fired. Investigators found a slide-lock mechanism for a .22-caliber gun at the crime scene.

Police tracked down the SUV shortly after the shooting and found a .22 caliber gun outside the vehicle.

Court documents show two .40-caliber Glocks were found inside, along with marijuana. All four men admitted to using marijuana and said they used the Glocks at a shooting range earlier that day. Cecil Howell told police he used a .22 that belonged to Moore.

A judge ruled Monday that Hughes-Doby would stay in custody pending trial on the firearm charge, citing that he was an active drug user and has a 'fondness for guns.' At that ruling, authorities presented records showing Hughes-Doby purchased four guns in the last year.

There is no evidence that Hughes-Doby purchased the gun involved in the fatal shooting of Edwards, the judge said in his order.

If convicted, each of the men face up to 10 years in prison on the firearms charge.