Police to release shooting victims names Tuesday, more details on suspects

From left: Charles Smith, Traveion Henry, Terrion Maxfield and Desmon Siner are all being held in Story County Jail on attempted murder charges after a shooting in Campustown early Sunday morning.

Alex Connor

As of Monday afternoon, the Ames Police Department said it will not release the names of the victims and officers involved in the Campustown shooting until Tuesday.

According to police on Sunday, three individuals were transferred to local Ames and Des Moines hospitals after a red passenger car stopped along the 200 block of Welch Avenue and fired multiple shots into a crowd at 1:30 a.m. 

While no additional information has been released on the details of why the shooting may have occurred, four individuals have been arrested in connection to the incident. 

Terrion Maxfield, 20, of Milwaukee, and Desmon Siner, 19, of Milwaukee, were arrested with the assistance of the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigations and the Fort Dodge Police Department on Sunday afternoon on charges of attempted murder, a Class B felony. 

According to the Wisconsin Court System Circuit Court Access, Terrion Maxfield has been found guilty on charges of battery, a Class A misdemeanor and disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor in 2014 in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

Roughly two hours after it was released that Maxfield and Siner had been arrested, two more individuals, Charles Smith, 20, of Milwaukee, and Traveion Henry, 21, of Milwaukee, were arrested on charges for aiding and abetting attempted murder.

Maxfield, Siner, Smith and Henry were all located in Fort Doge, Iowa, according to Ames Police. Messenger News in Fort Dodge reported that Maxfield and Siner were located at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center.

Maxfield, Siner and Smith are all students at the Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, according to their email directory.

Messenger News reported that the vehicle driven by the suspects, Maxfield and Siner, was located at about 2:51 a.m. at the Budget Host Inn, according to Fort Dodge Police reports.

The vehicle was reportedly parked and unoccupied. Messenger News reported that police said “during subsequent investigation into the incident, officers determined that additional suspects that were involved had entered Iowa Central dorms East Tower and were presently there at that time.”

Officers from multiple agencies then cleared all six floors of the building, Messenger News reported.