(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – A woman was arrested on Attempted Murder and Assault charges, Wednesday afternoon, following an investigation into a shots-fired incident in Council Bluffs. Authorities say that at around 1:42 pm, Council Bluffs Police were dispatched to a shots fired call in the 3100 Block of Avenue A.

Arriving officers learned that the suspect, who was later identified as Brandy L. Blake, fired one shot from a handgun at a
car in the alley near 32nd Street in between West Broadway and Avenue A. The shot entered the vehicle and narrowly
missed the lone occupant, who was uninjured. The male victim is known to Blake.

Brandy L. Blake

She was taken into custody without incident by uniform officers at the scene. She was subsequently held in the Pottawattamie County Jail for one count of Attempted Murder, a Class B Felony, and one count of Domestic Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, an Aggravated Misdemeanor.