Pierra Baugh, 34, of Cedar Rapids, pleads to lesser charges in the robbery and murder of Cordal Lewis, 19, in January 2022. She admitted to the planning and carrying out the robbery of Lewis with Kazius Childress, who fataly shot Lewis and was convicted in January.
Articles Tagged: shooting
Crime & Courts Jul. 8, 2024 10:14 am513d ago
A mother, in her victim impact statement, said losing her son to gun violence is a “‘pain no parent should have to endure.” Cameron Barnes was fatally shot on St. Patrick’s Day last year by Duval Walker Jr. in a Marion bar.
Crime & Courts May. 24, 2024 6:05 pm558d ago
A Marion woman, crying throughout her victim impact statement Friday in Linn County District Court, says she still waits for her 17-year-old son to come home even though she knows he was fatally shot May 10, 2023. Her only son, she said, should be graduating from high school this Sunday.
Crime & Courts May. 8, 2024 7:54 am574d ago
An Iowa City man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting and paralyzing a victim last year in downtown Iowa City. He must serve five years before being eligible for parole.
Crime & Courts Apr. 24, 2024 7:37 am588d ago
An Iowa City man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic handgun that toddler discharges, shooting himself in the left eye. The child died later that day on July 3, 2022.
Crime & Courts Apr. 16, 2024 8:42 am596d ago
A 13-year-old girl was found dead in Eldora Sunday after police responded to a report that a person had been shot, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
At least one person was killed Wednesday in a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, police say.
State Government Feb. 13, 2024 8:47 am659d ago
The legislation also would require Iowa’s 11 largest school districts — among them Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Council Bluffs, Iowa City, and Sioux City — to have at least one private security guard or school resource officer in each district high school.
Crime & Courts Feb. 8, 2024 5:29 pm664d ago
A 17-year-old was sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting and injuring another man, who didn’t know him, in 2022. Police identified the teen through witnesses and surveillance video.
Crime & Courts Jan. 19, 2024 2:22 pm684d ago
Two people are facing drug charges after they were found in a vehicle with a man who had a gunshot wound Thursday, according to Cedar Rapids police.
Crime & Courts Jan. 10, 2024 7:40 am693d ago
The Iowa Board of Parole on Tuesday granted work release to a man who fatally shot one man and seriously injured two others in August 2017 on Iowa City’s Ped Mall.
Crime & Courts Jan. 9, 2024 10:02 am694d ago
The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.”
Crime & Courts Jan. 7, 2024 1:53 pm696d ago
A woman was injured Saturday night after a shooting that the Marion Police Department says stemmed from a family dispute.
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2024 11:29 am698d ago
In a Facebook post, Marburger’s daughter said he was in “surgery all day, and is currently stable.”
Crime & Courts Jan. 4, 2024 5:17 pm699d ago
A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school on the first day of school after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others Thursday as students barricaded in offices, ducked into classrooms and fled in panic.

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