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2nd suspect in Aug. 29th Council Bluffs shooting incident was arrested Monday (9/23)

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September 24th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report a second suspect believed to have been involved in  the August 29th shooting of a 17-year-old male, was arrested Monday in Nebraska. According to the report, 20-year-old Ethan William Stevenson was arrested without incident by the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force at a residence in Valley, NE. He was being held in the Douglas County, NE Jail, while awaiting extradition to Iowa, on a charge of Attempt to Commit Murder (A Class-B Felony). Authorities say he is the last suspect in the case.

On August 30th, Detectives with the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division located and arrested 19-year-old Isaac James Landanger, of Council Bluffs. He was being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail on the Felony,  Attempt to Commit Murder charge. Council Bluffs PD

Both men were arrested following an investigation into an incident that took place in Council Bluffs at around 9:30-p.m. August 29th, in the area of S. 26th St. and 3rd Ave., where a 17-year-old male was shot. The teen suffered leg and chest wounds, and was transported to Mercy Hospital prior to officers arriving on scene. His injuries were said to be non-life threatening.