By Associated Press - Thursday, April 23, 2020

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Police in Cedar Rapids have identified a person found shot to death on a city street as a local teenager.

The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, when police were called to the area about a block north of Cleveland Park, The Gazette reported. Arriving officers found a male, later identified as 16-year-old Judeah Dawson, suffering from several gunshot wounds.

Dawson died at the scene, police said. No arrests had been reported by Thursday morning.



Dawson’s death marked the fourth homicide in Cedar Rapids this year.

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