(Ames, Iowa) – Police in Ames report a man from Illinois was arrested Wednesday afternoon, about 25-minutes after a woman was shot in a parking lot, in Ames. Authorities say 33-year-old Lyndon N. Dembry, of Chicago, was taken into custody at around 3:16-p.m. in the 4500 block of Mortensen Road. He faces felony charges of Attempted Murder (a Class-B Felony) and Dominion and Control of a Firearm by a Felon (a Class-D Felony), along with Domestic Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon (an Aggravated Misdemeanor).

Ames Police say they received a report of a shooting in the 4700 block of Mortensen Road at around 2:53-p.m., Wednesday. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been shot in the upper body. She was transported to a hospital in Des Moines. Her name and a report on her condition was not immediately released.