Four individuals arrested in connection with Ames shooting

Isd Staff

UPDATE 3:25 p.m.: Two additional individuals have been arrested on attempted murder charges after three people were shot early Sunday morning in Campustown. 

According to police, Charles Smith, 20, of Milwaukee, and Traveion Henry, 21, of Milwaukee, have been arrested for attempted murder (aiding and abetting,) which is a Class B Felony. 

Both men were located in Fort Dodge.

UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: Two individuals have been arrested on attempted murder charges after three people were shot early Sunday morning in Campustown.

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.

The Ames Police Department reported that both men were located at a hospital in Fort Dodge, Iowa with gunshot wounds. The suspect vehicle, a red passenger car, has also been located in the city, which is a little more than an hour away from Ames. 

A conviction on attempted murder carries a penalty of up to 50 years in prison, as it is a Class B Felony.

Ames Police report they will likely not release the names of the victims and officers involved in the shooting until Monday or Tuesday.

Huff said more arrests are expected Sunday afternoon.

Maxfield and Siner have been released from the hospital, according to police, and will be transferred shortly to the Story County Jail.

ORIGINAL: The Ames Police Department is investigating an early Sunday morning shooting in Campustown, resulting in three individuals facing non-life threatening injuries.

The shooting, which Ames Police believe stems from a fight earlier that evening outside a bar on Stanton Avenue and Chamberlain Street, occurred just after 1:30 a.m.

Ames Police Cmdr. Geoff Huff said that a short time after the fight, in which two police officers were on scene to investigate, a red passenger car stopped along the 200 block of Welch Avenue and fired multiple shots into a crowd.

The individuals in the red passenger car were believed to have been involved in the earlier fight, according to police.

Huff said that the officers shot at the red passenger car. He is unsure whether or not the officers hit the vehicle or one of the occupants, but it is a possibility.

“In this case the officers were right there when it happened and witnessed the shooting start,” Huff said. “It’s a really good thing they happened to be there… it could have been a lot worse.”

Huff said the red car that was the “shooter car” then backed up, hit a silver car, and then proceeded to head northbound on Welch Avenue and then westbound onto Lincoln Way.

Two victims involved in the shooting were transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for further treatment, and the other was transported to a hospital in Des Moines.

The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation is assisting the Ames Police Department in the investigation. The two officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending review, as is protocol for involved shootings, said Huff.

Police said they believe there is no ongoing threat to the community.

Huff said anyone with information relating to the shooting is encouraged to contact the Ames Police at (515) 239-5133 or the anonymous tip line at (515) 239-5533.

He encouraged anyone who saw something or if anyone had private cameras, etc. that police would like to hear from them.

In this case, the shooting was somewhat targeted and not random, Huff said. 

Huff said more information on the shooting will likely be released Sunday afternoon and the names of the victims will be released after family is notified.

Check back to the iowastatedaily.com for more information as it becomes available.

The Daily’s Emily Barske, Alex Connor and Michael Heckle contributed to this story.