(Radio Iowa) – A Cedar Rapids man who is accused for opening fire on a crowd in the downtown pedestrian mall in Iowa City on April 19th has been arrest in Georgia.
Iowa City police say 17-year-old Damarian Jones was arrested by U-S Marshals near Atlanta and faces five counts of attempted murder, five assault charges, and one count of going armed with intent.
Police says Jones was involved in a fight around 1:45 a-m that included some 40 people. They say he got a gun from another person and then opened fired and hit five people. One person was hit in the head with what police called a life-threatening injury, and remains hospitalized. The other four shooting victims have been released.
Police are waiting an extradition hearing in Georgia before returning Jones to Iowa.
