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Update: Man in custody for Saturday shooting in Sioux City is related to one of victims

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November 1st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The 19-year-old man in custody for two shooting deaths in Sioux City is related to one of the victims. Court records indicate 19-year-old Joseph Cruz of Sioux City was fighting with a friend over a gun early Saturday morning and fired several shots inside a Sioux City home. Cruz shot himself in the leg.

Police dispatched to the house where the shooting happened found Carlos Aquirre, Cruz’s 21-year-old friend, and Anthony Williams, Cruz’s 19-year-old cousin, lying on the floor in the kitchen. Cruz is charged with two counts of second degree murder.