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Bluffs Police investigate incident of intimidation w/a dangerous weapon

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October 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating an incident of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon. Authorities say at around 12:10-p.m., Sunday (Oct. 4th), officers responded to the area of 1800 block of Ave “B” for a report of shots fired. Upon their arrival, police found shell casings in the street and several residents who had witnessed the
incident.

An investigation revealed that persons unknown in a suspect vehicle were traveling eastbound in the 1800 block of Ave “B,” when several shots were fired from the inside the vehicle. A pedestrian on the sidewalk at the time of the shooting was not injured, but one of the rounds did strike the outside of a residence in the area.

No one in the home was injured during the shooting, and the round fired did not penetrate to the interior of the residence. The Council Bluffs Criminal Investigation Division is currently following up on this incident. Anyone with information
regarding the incident is requested to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4765 or Crime Stoppers Hotline at 712-328-7867.