Overview
- Iowa City police are searching for Damarian M. Jones, 17, of Cedar Rapids, wanted on five attempted murder counts and other charges including willful injury and going armed with intent after Sunday’s downtown shooting.
- Police say video shows Jones in a fight with dozens of people, then walking away and firing six rounds into the packed Pedestrian Mall, and investigators say the wounded were not targeted.
- Five people were shot, including three University of Iowa students, and one woman remains in critical condition with a life‑threatening head injury.
- Officers say one victim is still hospitalized in stable condition and three have been released, with wounds to the arm, chest, legs, and stomach.
- The case has drawn more than 150 tips, led to nearly 36 search warrants and the seizure of three guns, and prompted added police patrols in the downtown area.