Officers with the Marshalltown Police department responded Tuesday night to a residence following a reported shooting. According to KCCI-TV in Des Moines, when Officers arrived, they discovered 25-year old George Sims, Jr., unresponsive in the common area of the apartment building. Police said Sims was stabilized and transported by ambulance to a hospital.

While interviewing witnesses, detectives learned evidence from the shooting could be found at a separate residence in Marshalltown.  A search warrant was requested and granted. The warrant was served by the Marshalltown SWAT Team. While serving the search warrant, officers arrested 44-year-old Robert Fite Jr. on an outstanding warrant for a parole violation. Police said Fite was also charged with accessory after the fact for his role in the shooting investigation.

At 10:50 p.m., officers located the suspect in the shooting inside a vehicle. Police said a traffic stop was conducted on North 13^thStreet in Marshalltown and the suspect, 38-year-old Joseph Wade Bown, was taken into custody without incident. Bown is charged with attempted murder, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon. Police said the investigation is still ongoing.