(City of Iowa City news release)
On April 28, at 8:04 p.m., Iowa City Police Officers responded to the 2400 Block of Lakeside Drive, Iowa City, to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, Officers located an adult male victim with gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and was later pronounced deceased. The victim has been positively identified by the Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office; however, the victim’s name is being withheld at this time pending notification of the family. An autopsy is currently being conducted by the Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office.
[UPDATED APRIL 30 1:30 PM] The victim in a Wednesday evening shooting in Iowa City has been identified as 31-year-old Tommy Curry of Iowa City. A preliminary autopsy by the Johnson County Medical Examiner s Office has determined Curry died of gunshot wounds. His death had been ruled a homicide.
[ORIGINAL STORY] The Iowa City Police Department (ICPD) is investigating a suspicious death Wednesday night on the city s southeast side.
According to a media release from the ICPD, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 2400 block of Lakeside Drive just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night, April 28. When they arrived on the scene, officers found an adult male that had suffered gunshot wounds. He was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Wyoming Game and Fish report that an elk poaching case from fall 2019 was recently completed when 4th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Shelley Cundiff approved plea agreements reached between the Johnson County Attorney’s Office and two Buffalo residents.
As part of the agreements, Christopher Morales will pay a $5,000 fine, $2,000 in restitution and lose three years of hunting privileges for illegally killing a bull elk. Keisha Filbert agreed to pay a $400 fine and accepted loss of hunting privileges for two years for a transfer of license violation.
The case began when the Game and Fish Department’s Stop Poaching hotline received an anonymous report in September 2019, stating that Morales used Filbert’s license to illegally kill a large bull elk. An online investigation by game wardens discovered photos of Morales and Filbert each posing with harvested elk. Morales claimed to have killed his bull elk on Sept. 6, with a crossbow and Filbert allegedly killed hers on Sept. 1
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Months after a federal judge dismissed charges in an Iowa City man s case saying it amounted to a story of walking while Black , Chris Kelly filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Iowa City and Johnson County officials, accusing them of racial profiling and unlawful stop, among other charges, tied to his December 2019 arrest.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against two named police officers, an assistant Johnson County attorney, unidentified officers who participated in the arrest, the City of Iowa City, Johnson County and unidentified employees from those municipalities.