Updated
Updated · KCRG · Jul 12
Cedar Rapids Shooting Injures 1 on Southwest Side as City Records 2nd Gunfire Incident Saturday
Updated
Updated · KCRG · Jul 12

Cedar Rapids Shooting Injures 1 on Southwest Side as City Records 2nd Gunfire Incident Saturday

3 articles · Updated · KCRG · Jul 12

Summary

  • One person was wounded in a Saturday evening shooting near 10th Street and 10th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids, with police saying the injuries were not life-threatening.
  • Police said the gunfire was reported around 8:45 p.m. on the city’s southwest side, and the victim has not been identified.
  • No arrests had been announced as of the report, and investigators said the case remains open.
  • The shooting was Cedar Rapids’ second on Saturday after an earlier attack around 5:40 p.m. left a teenager dead in what police described as a targeted incident.

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