Articles Tagged: shooting

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.

Three juveniles have been charged as adults in relation to a drive-by shooting that occurred in November in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha.

Before an officer arrived, the resident armed himself with a gun and shot the intruder, who had gotten inside and confronted him.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested just after midnight Thursday after police responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment on Third Ave. SE.

Police found a vehicle off the roadway in the 5600 block of Kirkwood Boulevard SW with an unresponsive male driver.

A judge agrees to marry a man to his girlfriend after sentencing him to prison for 18 years for shooting and injuring another man in May 2021 near a church.