CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A Cedar Rapids man is in custody after police said he fired a gun at two people back in August. According to court documents, on August 23, 35-year-old Kirchner McManus Williams Jr. arrived at a home in the 1400 block of 7th Ave. SE, where a group was sitting outside around a bonfire. Court documents said Williams Jr. approached the group, pulled a 9 mm handgun from his waistband, and fired at two people. Investigators said after firing the shots, Williams Jr. punched another person at the bonfire in the neck. Officers also found bullets fired struck and caused damage to a home in the 1400 block of 8th Ave. SE. Williams Jr. was arrested Thursday and is charged with two counts of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon, Dominion/Control of a Firearm/Offensive Weapon by a Felon, Going Armed with Intent, Reckless Use of a Firearm, Use of a Dangerous Weapon in the Commission of a Crime, Person Ineligible to Carry Dangerous Weapons and Assault – Intend to Cause Pain/Injury.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Around 12,000 customers in Iowa City were affected by a power outage Monday morning. MidAmerican Energy tells KCRG that the outage originated from a mobile substation in Iowa City that tripped online. Crews do not know what exactly caused that to happen. Around 10,000 customers were restored shortly before noon and the rest were restored by 12:15 p.m. Monday, MidAmerican said.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A man was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison on Friday for illegally possessing a gun. Chad Willman, 50, from Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty on March 13 to possession of a firearm while under a protection order. The order prohibited him from harassing, stalking, and threatening an intimate partner. This comes after his arrest in January of 2025. Evidence at the sentencing showed he forced his then-partner to travel to the Wikiup Hill Learning Center at gunpoint. When they arrived, authorities say Willman shot and destroyed her phones. When police arrested Willman in April, they found a pistol that had been stolen from a Cedar Rapids home. The gun had been modified to hold additional ammo. Willman will also serve a three-year term of supervised release after his prison term. He is currently being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Traffic near Mercy’s Hall Perrine Cancer Center was blocked Monday morning after a garbage truck evacuated its load. A photo shared by the Cedar Rapids Police Department on social media shows a pile of garbage blocking the road. The police say the truck’s drivers thought the load may have been on fire and evacuated the load. First responders on the scene confirmed there was no fire. Mercy’s emergency room services were still accessible from 8th Avenue but 10th Street was closed until the road was cleared.
