NO INJURIES OCCURRED AND A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE IN MORNINGSIDE TUESDAY EVENING.
SGT. TOM GILL SAYS OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A DISTURBANCE IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF SOUTH STEELE JUST BEFORE 6:30 P.M.
SHANK1 OC…….UNDER ARREST. :23
SGT. GILL SAYS THE SUSPECT, 52-YEAR-OLD JAMES SHANK, ALLEGEDLY FIRED SHOTS AT THE VICTIM, WHO RETURNED GUNFIRE:
SHANK2 OC………IN SELF DEFENSE. :30
GILL SAYS SHANK AND THE VICTIM HAD BEEN IN A DISPUTE EARLIER THIS YEAR:
SHANK3 OC……..BACK IN APRIL. :26
SHANK WAS BOOKED INTO THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO INFLICT SERIOUS INJURY, TRAFFICKING STOLEN WEAPONS USED IN A CRIME, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A DOMESTIC ABUSE OFFENDER AND MARIJUANA RELATED DRUG CHARGES.
HIS BOND WAS SET AT $23,300.
