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A Storm Lake man who was armed and took his wife hostage in an Iowa City parking ramp Monday, now faces additional charges for attempting to steal a woman’s car during his escape from police.

Prosecutors dismiss voluntary manslaughter charge against Cedar Rapids man who fatally shot another in his home during a fight. Iowa’s “Stand your ground” law was determining factor.

Prosecutors say felony gun crimes have tripled since 2019 in Linn and Johnson counties. They believe the jump is the result of relax gun laws and because some individuals are choosing to resolve their differences with violence.

The violence is the sixth mass killing this month and comes in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

A 16-year-old has been arrested in relation to the shooting near Mount Mercy University and Regis Middle School last week that injured a Mount Mercy student.

According to arrest records, Cedar Rapids police took Wright into custody at 9:44 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Valley Townhomes at 3000 J St. SW.

A Mount Mercy University cross country runner was injured when he was caught in a shooting Thursday while on his way to practice. He is expected to make a full recovery, according to campus officials.

A brief chase happened until the fleeing vehicle crashed and the occupants of the vehicle fled on foot.

At the scene, police found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. They provided emergency medical aid until an ambulance arrived and transported the man to a hospital, where he died.

A man injured in a shooting in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 9 was painting his truck when he was shot in the back by a teenager he didn’t know, according to a criminal complaint.

A Cedar Rapids teenager was arrested Thursday in relation to a shooting that happened on Oct. 9.

Iowa voters will be asked to add language to the Iowa Constitution that states it is a “fundamental individual right“ to keep and bear arms, and that any restraint on that right is invalid unless it meets the stringent demands of “strict scrutiny” in court.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting after a man was found with a gunshot wound in his chest Sunday.

From the start, the case stemming from a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy near a Des Moines high school has been among the most complex prosecutions ever in Iowa's capital city, involving 10 teenagers, six guns and at least 42 fired bullets.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A third teenager charged with murder in the