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Update on Glenwood Shooting incident

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July 31st, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Friday afternoon, said that at around 11:12-p.m. Thursday, the Mills County K9 Unit was called to assist in locating possible suspects involved in a shooting that took place at 506 Locust Street in Glenwood. A short time later, the suspect vehicle was located by law enforcement and multiple suspects bailed on foot, from the vehicle. In an earlier report, authorities said officers found one juvenile victim with a gunshot wound at the aforementioned residence on Locust Street. The minor was sent to a hospital via medical helicopter with undisclosed injuries.

Over the next several hours, multiple K9 teams were deployed in the area where the suspects bailed out, and were successful in tracking and locating items of evidence along the way. Two juveniles were taken into custody for questioning. The incident remains under investigation.

The Mills County K9 Unit was assisted at the scene by the Fremont, Montgomery, Shelby County and Council Bluffs Dept. K9 units, the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, and Iowa State Patrol.