A suspect in the shooting of a Red Oak man early Saturday morning has been apprehended. According to officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety, 31-year old Rafael Bautista was arrested by Red Oak Police at around 9-a.m. Saturday. Bautista has a self-inflicted gunshot wound and is currently being treated at the Creighton University Medical Center. Once released from the hospital, he was be transported to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with attempted murder, willful injury and going armed with intent, in connection with the shooting of 36-year old Clyde Everett Zeigler. Bautista’s cash bond was set at $50,000

Officials say at approximately 12:15 A.M. Saturday (May 31st), the Red Oak Police Department and the Red Oak Fire and Rescue received a call of a shooting at 407 4th Avenue in Red Oak. Upon the arrival, officers determined that a subject identified as Zeigler had been shot multiple times.  Zeigler was flown by air ambulance to an Omaha hospital and remains in critical condition.

The incident continues to be investigated by the Red Oak Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory.