An altercation between two men Friday morning in Council Bluffs led to shots being fired and one person being injured. Bluffs Police said Officers were called to 1022 5th Avenue at around 9:30-a.m. After speaking with neighbors, officers determined that a fight between two males escalated to the point that and one male retrieved a handgun from a vehicle parked on the property and chased the other male party Southbound across 5th Avenue.

In the alley between 5th and 6th Avenue the neighbors reported hearing at least two shots fired. One male party then fled the area in a vehicle and the other male subject returned to the residence at 1022 5th Avenue. Eventually, Officers entered the residence when two male parties refused to come out. 42-year old Kimberly Trotter, who lives at the residence, told officers that a male subject forced entry to the residence by kicking in the back door and that once he was in the residence he assaulted her by striking several times.

Trotter indicated that a male subject in the residence intervened and began fighting with the other male and that the fight continued outside. Trotter was treated for minor facial lacerations at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. No other known injuries occurred as a result of the incident. The names of both men allegedly involved in the incident have not yet been released, as authorities were considering whether or not to press criminal charges. The case remains under Investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division.