(UPDATE) 25-year-old St. Charles man faces attempted murder charge for shooting near Capitol
December 7th, 2020 by Ric Hanson
(Radio Iowa) – A 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for a shooting that happened after hundreds of Trump supporters rallied outside the Iowa Capitol Sunday. According to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety, there was a confrontation in a public parking lot east of the Capitol. Michael McKinney of St. Charles is accused in court documents of intentionally firing a handgun” at a 15-year-old girl.
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Michael McKinney
The teenager, identified only by her initials in court documents, was riding in a vehicle traveling through the parking when she was shot in the leg. She was taken to a Des Moines hospital for treatment. State officials on Sunday said the wound was not life-threatening.