A Cedar Rapids 16-year-old is accused of shooting multiple times at other individuals Saturday, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint doesn’t state whether his arrest is related to the fatal shooting of another juvenile in the same area also Saturday.
Marshawn Jackson was sentenced to 27 years for fatally shooting Illinois 15-year-old girl during a gun deal. Jackson pleaded to voluntary manslaughter and other charges. This sentence runs consecutively to a five-year sentence for trafficking in stolen weapons.
Two people were injured in a shooting Friday morning in Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Three more people have been arrested in relation to a shots-fired incident that happened in Cedar Rapids in December, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
At 9:06 p.m., officers were dispatched for a report of shots fired in 1400 block of Washington Avenue SE, which is also the southern boundary of Huston Park.
Two people were arrested over the weekend in relation to a shots fired incident that happened in December, and further arrests are expected, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
This interactive map shows the location, date, day of week, and time for each incident.
A Cedar Rapids man who was shot to death on Jan. 8 was reportedly meeting with the accused shooter that day to sell drugs, according to a criminal complaint.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday in relation to the fatal shooting of Mohamed Tawfik on Jan. 8.
The founder of an educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines has been released from the hospital, his family said Monday, a week after he was wounded and two students were killed.
Two more people have been arrested in relation to a shooting that happened in Tiffin in October. Eight people were arrested earlier this month in relation to the incident, according to a news release.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department responded to a shooting Wednesday night near 2010 Glass Road NE.
Will Keeps was a 15-year-old member of a Chicago gang when he witnessed rival members kill his friend. He escaped the streets and moved to Iowa to help other young people from troubled backgrounds.
The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district and counts Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as an advisory board member.
Seven adults and one 17-year-old were arrested Thursday and Friday on charges related to a shooting that happened in October in Tiffin, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. The teenager, who is not named in the release, is charged with attempted murder.
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