DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - Police data show that Dubuque is on pace to see more reports of gunfire this year compared to 2014.
But some residents told the Telegraph Herald (https://bit.ly/1gpT6RF ) that they still feel safe despite the rising number of gunfire reports.
“It doesn’t scare me. I’m used to it,” said Becca Webster, who lives in a building near where a 26-year-old was found Tuesday night suffering a single gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Webster said she has spent much of her life in Dubuque, but that she also has been to larger cities. She said Dubuque’s violence doesn’t compare to them. She frequently walks around her neighborhood with her 4-year-old son and said she has never been harassed or felt unsafe.
Police received two calls of shots fired on Tuesday night, and no arrests have been made in either incident.
Officers responded to a report of a person shot in the stomach shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. The injured 26-year-old was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover. Police then responded to a second report of shots fired around four hours later, finding a vehicle and home damaged by bullets. No injuries were reported.
The shootings on Tuesday bring 2015’s shots-fired incidents to 20. There were 21 last year.
Lt. Scott Baxter said investigators are considering the possibility of Tuesday’s shootings being linked based on the close proximity of the locations, but a lack of witness cooperation in both cases is making that determination difficult.
He said getting little information, even from those injured in the incident, is a common challenge authorities come across during investigations. He said police welcome anonymous tips, because “even getting it anonymously is better than nothing.”
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Information from: Telegraph Herald, https://www.thonline.com
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