Minivan. One of them grabs a shotgun and put as mask on. Something like a Freddy Krueger mask. Reporter but the pharmacist inside saw it all coming on his security cameras. Police say he grabbed his own gun, ordered the suspect to surrender, but the masked man jumped over the counter and the pharmacist had to shoot him dead. He was prepared. He begins to shoot at the armed intruder striking him numerous times. Reporter Police Arrived in less than two minutes and found a getaway driver still sitting in that minivan completely up aware that his partner had been shot and killed. That surviving suspect faced a judge today. Hell be charged with homicide and robbery, but Authorities Say the pharmacist did the right thing and wont face any charges. He was entirely justified in his conduct. Frankly, should be commended. He performed a public service. Hes a really nice man. Reporter loyal customers say the pharmacist runs this mom and pop store by himself and did what he had to do to protect hi
Early evening tshower popping up. Tonight is partly cloudy, warm and humid with lows near 70, and patchy fog. Slick and slippery roads are drying out this morning, incident 894 nbspeeds at or above posted this morning looking to tonight 41 south at watertown plank road full closure at 11 tonight until 4 30 tomorrow morningdot urges you to give an extra 5 to 10 minutes more on the roads and take your time to avoid any incidents drive safely as you tensions have eased in milwaukee as teens respect a citywide curfew. Sherman park was also closed again overnight. That park just reopened. Ann sterling is live ann it is a lot quieter morning. Ive seen a few mpd offices driving by. The park reopened at 6am. Right across the street is the bp gas station. Atf now offering a 10 thousand dollars reward for information that leads to an arrest. The damage of all the buildings torched and looted exceeds several million dollars. 8 businesses were set on fire. The crowds took to the streets saturday n
Little fog as well take a look at whats happening down south along i80. 49 degrees around that williamsburg area. Tempings on the board looking at 49 in waterloo, cedar rapids, and dubuque. Those winds are calm. 4 l to 8 miles an hour this morning. Satellite and a redar, we do see a few little clouds down around southeast and very southern parts of iowa, but thats about it. But the rest of us are clear. Some of the fog we are running into is around dubuque this morning. Now, the planner, upper 50s at 9 00 with plenty of sunshine. Mainly sunny at noon 68 and partly sunny this afternoon. Thats kind after a brief ka pechlation of what we can plan on today. The big story of the week is more rain and cooler weather. Well examine both of those items and let you know when to 7day forecast about ten minutes from now. Thanks, justin. New this morning, a pedestrian was killed last night in johnson county. This is a live look at traffic there this morning. Right now, vehicles are moving with no p
Huisinga joins us with more, joe . Joe . Karen the partnership between iowa works and Hawkeye Community College Hopes to the state. State. The Iowa Workforce Development Center at lindale mall is currently hosting a construction simulation trailer. Hawkeye Community College is taking this simulator all over the state in an effort to draw more women to construction. The simulator gives people a look at how me common Construction Equipment operates. We spoke with melaine klinesmith who sees construction as as a better future. When i test out as a journeymen i can be making 50,000 a year and loving my job so i dont see why more women dont do it. It. In us toninit at 6 to learn more on why woman on the work site just makes sense for iowa companies. Joe huisinga new tonight a break in a cold case in wapello county. Right now two people are under arrest. The division of criminal investigation announced today that 28 yearold Christopher Yenger and 27yearold zachary dye have been charged with
The right things. Ive done it wrong long enough. Hear from those working to better themselves before they finish serving their time. Fox 28 news begins with breaking news right now out of oregon. Oregon. Ammon bundy, the leader of the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge has been arrested, along with at least eight others. Officials say it all began with a traffic stop while bundy and some followers were headed to a community meeting. There are reports that shots were fired, but its unclear who was doing the shooting. We can tell you that the fbi and local troopers were involved in the incident. Incident. We continue to monitor this breaking story and will bring you updates during this newscast and on our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. Now to the local struggle to fill the ranks of companies that need skilled workers. The latest numbers out tonight show iowas Unemployment Rate held at threepointfour percent last month. Month. Thats well below the National Average and right now,