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UPDATED: Linn County deputy shot during armed robbery in Coggin, suspect in custody

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June 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Authorities have arrested a suspect in a shooting at a Linn County convenience store late Sunday. A Linn County deputy responded to an alarm at the Casey’s on Highway 13 in Coggin at about 10:15 Sunday night and was shot several times. He was flown to the University of Iowa Hospitals for treatment. According to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s office, the suspect fled in a van, another deputy followed the van, the van crashed on the north edge of Coggin and the suspect started running.

Thirty-six-year-old Stanley Donahue of Chicago was arrested late this (Monday) morning. The deputy who was shot is now in stable condition.