Iowa Man Arrested After Sunday Shooting Near State Capitol Buildings
December 8, 2020 7:24AM CST
A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for a shooting that happened outside the Iowa Capitol Buildings Sunday. According to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety, there was a confrontation in a public parking lot east of the Capitol. Michael McKinney of St. Charles is accused in court documents of intentionally firing a handgun, at a 15-year-old girl. The teenager, identified only by her initials in court documents, was riding in a vehicle traveling through the parking when she was shot in the leg. She was taken to a Des Moines hospital for treatment. State officials on Sunday said the wound was not life-threatening.