Police Hunt Teen Suspect In Connection With University Of Iowa Shooting

A constabulary manhunt is underway for a 17-year-old fishy wanted successful relationship pinch nan shooting of 5 people adjacent nan University of Iowa successful nan early hours of Sunday.

In a Wednesday statement, nan Iowa City Police Department said they were successful pursuit of Damarian M. Jones aft nan shooting successful a nightlife territory astatine astir 1:45 a.m. adjacent nan college's campus. Police are appealing to nan nationalist for accusation connected his whereabouts, noting he is from Cedar Rapids.

Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmerman Smith told a news convention Wednesday that Jones was wanted connected aggregate charges, including 5 counts of attempted murder, 3 counts of willful wounded causing superior injury, 2 counts of willful wounded causing bodily injury, and 1 count of going equipped pinch intent.

One female remains successful a captious information successful nan infirmary aft receiving a "life-threatening wounded to her head," constabulary said. One unfortunate remains successful nan infirmary successful a unchangeable condition, and nan different 3 person been released.

Police opportunity that 1 personification was deed successful nan limb and successful nan chest, causing superior injuries that required surgery; 1 was struck successful nan limb and underwent aggregate surgeries; 1 was struck successful nan stomach, and different was deed successful some legs.

Iowa City Police released an image of Damarian M. Jones,Damarian M. Jones, a personification of liking successful nan shooting.Iowa City Police

Iowa City Police Chief Dustin Liston said astatine nan news convention that video grounds showed Jones engaged successful a conflict astatine nan 100 artifact of East College Street, pinch reports suggesting up to 40 group were involved.

"Over nan people of nan fight, Jones obtained a firearm for from different individual. During a break successful nan fight, Jones, walked distant from nan different participants, drew nan firearm and fired six times into nan crowded pedestrian mall," he said.

Liston stressed that nary of nan victims were specifically targeted aliases progressive successful nan fight.

Liston besides described nan melodramatic scenes arsenic 2 constabulary officers provided CPR to victims astatine nan scene, while 1 serviceman applied a tourniquet to 1 unfortunate and took them to nan infirmary successful his squad car.

Police person truthful acold seized 3 firearms and ammunition and much charges are expected. More than 150 tips person been sent successful truthful acold and astir 36 hunt warrants obtained.

"This was, and remains a profoundly achy infinitesimal for our community," Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague told nan news conference. "Our heartfelt thoughts stay pinch nan victims, their families and everyone successful and extracurricular Iowa City who was affected. These lives were changed successful an instant, and our full metropolis stands pinch them arsenic they statesman nan treatment process."

Mark Bullock, nan university's adjunct vice president for field safety, said location would beryllium 4 further constabulary officers from nan university's constabulary section connected nan downtown beat, alongside further officers from ICPD.