One person is in custody while two others were being sought, following a burglary this (Sunday) morning, at the Motel 6 at 3032 S. Expressway, in Council Bluffs. Police say just before 5-a.m., a woman reported that two females, one of which had a hatchet, and one male, had entered her motel room and took some items. The victim said also, that she and her boyfriend chased down the women and managed to retrieve some of their belongings.

The female offenders were able to flee the scene before officers arrived. The male suspect was located by Police in the grass on the East side of the S. Expressway, and taken into custody. No names have been released at this time. The case remains under investigation.

(Update: Suspect arrested) Police in Des Moines have made an arrest in connection with a suspicious death that took place Saturday night. Authorities tell KCCI that 27-year old Andrew James Hall, of Des Moines, faces a charge of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. He’s being held in the Polk County Jail. This is Des Moines’ 14th homicide in 2020.

The incident was reported a little after 9-p.m., Saturday, when a man leaving his job at the train yard near SE 24th Street and East Market Street in Des Moines, said he saw a body near the road. He honked his horn, but the person did not respond. As the subject got close enough to the body, he realized the person was possibly deceased, and called authorities.

Additional details are currently not available.

(Updated) – A shooting early this (Sunday) morning in Polk County has left one person dead and two others injured. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office told KCCI the incident took place just before 2-a.m., at the Karma Bar on Merle Hay Road. Gunshots were heard by deputies on the scene.

The victims were identified as 29-year old Sir William Beckish, of Des Moines, who died after being shot in the head. 33-year-old Telisha Young, and 40-year-old Tamekia Crow, both of Des Moines, were injured. They were treated for their wounds and released from the hospital.

A traffic stop early this (Sunday) morning in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of a man from Minnesota. Red Oak Police report 26-year old Tam Thanh Hong, of Rosement, MN., was pulled over on Highway 34 near Highway 48, at around 3:50-a.m.  Upon further investigation, officers arrested Hong for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

A man from Pottawattamie County was arrested late Saturday night, in Red Oak. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year old Joshua Dale Lamb, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody at around 11:26-p.m. Saturday, for Driving While Suspended. Lamb was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $566.