WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) – Police are investigating after they say a man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in downtown Waterloo. Crews responded to the 400 block of East Fourth Street just before 1 p.m. Saturday. They found a man with gunshot wounds outside the ASI Computer Systems building. The man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Police believe the shooter knew the victim, but was not a family member. A festival was taking place in nearby Lincoln Park. The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of family.
ANAMOSA, Iowa (KCRG) – Today is the last day people will get to enjoy the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa. It will be shutting its doors after more than 30 years. In January, the museum announced it would be closing due to financial issues. It struggled over the past few years as staff tried to work through the death of its co-founder in 2017, and months-long closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum will officially close Tuesday. An auction going from Wednesday to Sunday plans to sell off most of the displays. The building will then be put up for sale.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) – On Tuesday, trial will resume for the 19-year-old man charged in a deadly shooting at an Iowa nonprofit. Preston Walls is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder for the shooting at Starts Right Here in Des Moines in January 2023. Prosecutors said he shot 18-year-old Gionni Dameron and 16-year-old Rashad Carr. The shooting also hurt the nonprofit’s founder, Will Keeps. During testimony last Friday, Keeps recounted what led up to the deadly incident. “I’m laying there. I’m seeing all the kids run out screaming and I couldn’t do nothing,” Keeps said. “I thought I was going to die.” Keeps said he knew Walls was having problems with Dameron, and was trying to mediate. When Dameron made a music video that allegedly offended Walls, tensions escalated. Keeps said he was afraid this might cause violence, so he took them aside again. But that didn’t stop Walls from bringing a gun into the building. Keeps was shot in his hip and finger. “I was like, ‘You’re shooting me,’” Keeps said. “He shot me twice.” 19-year-old Bravon Tukes is also charged in the shooting. Investigators said he was Walls’ getaway driver. He has pleaded not guilty. His trial is set for October 2023.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) – The owner of a building at the center of a deadly collapse in Davenport filed a lawsuit against the engineering firm which inspected the building. The west wall collapsed at an apartment complex called the Davenport in downtown on May 28th. The collapse killed three men: Branden Colvin, Ryan Hitchcock and Daniel Prien. Andrew Wold accuses Select Structural Engineering of negligence and breach of contract. He said he hired the firm in February 2023 to inspect the building, including the west wall. He claims the collapse could’ve been prevented if he was notified of the danger the wall posed. Wold’s been named a defendant in half a dozen lawsuits filed by people affected in the collapse. Select Structural is a defendant as well.
