Police in Council Bluffs report two suspects who were allegedly involved in an assault this (Thursday) morning, were arrested on Class-C Felony charges of Willful Injury. Multiple witnesses reported seeing both suspects, 19-year-old Hunter Dunn and 21-year-old Thomas Smith, both of Council Bluffs, run up to 60-year-old Adolph Phillips, Jr., of Council Bluffs, and begin punching him. After Phillips was knocked to the ground, he was then repeatedly kicked in the head and body until he lost consciousness.

(Left to right) Thomas Smith and Hunter Dunn

He was taken to a Council Bluffs hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, and then released. The incident happened near North 17th Street and West Broadway Street at around 9:36 a.m.

While officers were en-route to the call, several witnesses called into the Pottawattamie County Communications Center and relayed information to dispatchers about the suspects’ description, direction of travel as they left the area on foot, and the victim’s condition.

The Council Bluffs Police Department would like to thank the citizens of Council Bluffs for helping them with this case.