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Dispatchers on Wednesday night received reports of a shooting in
Glenwood, a town of roughly 5,000 about 150 miles (241
kilometers) southwest of the Iowa capital of Des Moines.
Authorities found two people shot and a home in flames, Glenwood
Police Chief Eric Johansen said in a Wednesday night news
conference. An explosion shortly after the shootings led to the
fire, Johansen said.
By Thursday afternoon, the Iowa Division of Criminal
Investigation had identified the two people killed as
38-year-old Brandon Oman, who died at the scene, and his wife,
35-year-old Stevie Oman, who died at a hospital in neighboring
Omaha, Nebraska. Both were found outside the burning home that
police say belongs to the shooter.
The agency identified the suspect as 71-year-old Dennis Burnell
and said he was critically injured in the fire. He was arrested
as he exited his burning home, then taken to a hospital. Police
believe he shot the Omans, according to a statement from the
Division of Criminal Investigation.
Investigators would not say if or how the Omans and Burnell knew
each other. Johansen had earlier said there was a history of law
enforcement being called to Burnell's house, but he did not
disclose the nature of those calls.
Online court documents show Burnell was found guilty last August
of third-degree harassment of one of his neighbors and fined.
Attorney Ryan Michael Dale, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, said he has
not been contacted about representing Burnell in the latest case
against him.
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