The Council Bluffs Police Department reports a shooting at approximately 1:35am Saturday (9/7) morning near the intersection of 34th Avenue and South 24th Street.  Shots were fired from an unknown vehicle which was traveling north on South 24th Street and one of the rounds struck 31-year-old Leo Guajardo of Omaha, NE as he was driving his vehicle in the same direction as the unknown shooter.  The round struck Guajardo in the left side of the face.

Guajardo was transported to University Hospital by private vehicle and is currently in critical but stable condition with non life threatening injuries. Witnesses reported hearing 6-7 shots during the incident as the vehicles sped towards Interstate 80. The investigation is ongoing.

No injuries were reported following a rollover accident Friday afternoon, in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office reports a 2003 Ford Ranger pickup driven by 17-year old Jacob Ballard, of Red Oak, was traveling north on J Avenue at around 3:50-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control and into a ditch before rolling onto its top. The accident happened as Ballard was attempting to turn east onto 160th Street. Officials say the pickup was traveling too fast when the accident occurred.

Damage to the pickup, owned by Chad Harold, of Red Oak, was estimated at $5,000. Ballard was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and for Violating the terms of his instruction permit. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Red Oak Fire and Rescue.

(Corrects earlier info. from Bill Ayers w/regard to aircraft owner/operator)

A 24 year old Rock Port, MO., man was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic following the crash of  biplane single engine aircraft about 4-miles west of Atlantic, Friday. Cass County Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Ayers told KJAN News Christopher Peeler walked away from the scene of the crash at 3:25 pm one-quarter of a mile west of 570th Street and north of Highland Road. The man’s clothes was smoldering as he walked to the nearby gravel road and got a ride from a citizen to the Atlantic Airport, before getting another ride to the hospital.

A report on his condition is not available, but Ayers said his injuries were not life threatening. The 1971 aircraft, registered to Shenandoah Flight Service and based in Atlantic, is owned by Bob Pettis. It was doing aerial seeding when it crashed. The aircraft was a total loss. The FAA has been contacted and an investigation into the accident continues. Ayers said the wreckage will remain in the field until the FAA can investigate.

The pilot of a single engine aircraft, which was apparently a crop duster, was transported by private vehicle after the plane crashed into a soybean this (Friday) afternoon, west of Atlantic. The accident happened at around 3:25-p.m., just west of 570th Street, between Galveston and Highland road.

Atlantic Fire and Rescue and Medivac ambulance were dispatched to the scene. Deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, officers with the Atlantic Police Department, and Cass County Emergency Manager Mike Kennon also responded. The pilot was out of the plane and in a vehicle shortly after the crash.

A report on the pilots condition and other details are not currently available.