US marshals capture 17-year-old suspected in mass shooting on Iowa City
pedestrian mall
[May 12, 2026]
Federal authorities on Monday arrested a teenager in Georgia who
is accused of opening fire last month near a popular University of Iowa
nightlife district, injuring five people.
Iowa City officials announced in a news release that U.S. marshals
captured Damarian M. Jones, 17, of Cedar Rapids, near Atlanta. He faces
multiple charges, including five counts of attempted murder and five
counts of assault. He was being held in the Clayton County Jail in
Georgia pending a hearing on extradition to Iowa. |
This image made from video provided by KCRG shows Iowa City police
officers working the scene of a downtown shooting near the University of
Iowa campus on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (KCRG via AP, File) |
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The release did not explain how the marshals tracked Jones down,
exactly where he was arrested or whether he resisted them. It
wasn't immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmerman Smith, who would
prosecute the case if Jones is moved back to Iowa, said she
didn't have any details about the circumstances of the arrest
and didn't know if Jones had an attorney. Messages left at the
U.S. Marshals Office in Des Moines and the Iowa City Police
Department weren’t immediately returned.
Police have said Jones was part of a large fight that broke out
along a pedestrian mall lined with shops, bars and restaurants
near the Iowa campus just before 2 a.m. on April 19. During a
break in the fighting, he allegedly fired six shots toward the
crowd and then fled.
One person was shot in the head and another in the arm and
chest. Two more people were hit in at least one leg and another
person was struck in the stomach. The news release Monday said
one victim remained hospitalized but did not specify which one
or elaborate on that person's condition.
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