Shooting occurred at Maple Hill Apartments

A shooting was reported at Maple Hill Apartments earlier last night.  KBUR first reported the incident.

A user from Facebook group 'Pictures of Burlington' have taken photos of the crime scene.

Three squad vehicles shown on location.

Same squad vehicles in similar location.

Bullet casings and other evidence marked by markers.

Bullet casings and other evidence marked by markers.

Bullet casings and other evidence marked by markers.

The individual who posted the images also was a witness to the crime.  Here is his statement.

Body found and recovered behind house in North Hill area.

Almost 20 minutes ago, a body was discovered and recovered from behind the address of 1205 Franklin St.  There are unconfirmed reports of the victim dying as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.

http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/Homicide-WEB-062513

The location of the house was nearby the Mt Pleasant Street viaduct.

I will update this when more information is available.

UPDATE: 9:38 AM:

Here is a photo taken from the scene with an officer behind the yellow tape.

 

 

UPDATE 2: 9:50 AM 

This is the property area where officers had discovered the body.

UPDATE 5: 8:47PM

A user on Facebook sent this image in their group page to show what is going on at the block during the time.  The DCI van was parked next to the property the body was discovered.  The left side of the van appears to have either someone or a empty black bag.

UPDATE 6: 9:01PM

KBUR released information that the body has in fact a bullet wound.  

UPDATE 9: June 27, 2013 2:53 PM:

 

  

KWQC News broadcasted briefly about the murder yesterday on the 4:00 news.

Third shooting occurred earlier this morning nearby Buffalo Wild Wings parking lot

Another shooting was reported earlier this morning at 12:00 AM

I'll bring more updates soon. 

Shooting happening at 1600 block of South 12th Street.

Another shooting was reported earlier this morning.

Suspect is a black male wearing blue jeans with a black hoodie.  He is 6 feet tall.  News will be updated soon.

UPDATE: 3:30 PM

Suspect was shot and has tried fleeing into a house.

UPDATE #2: 10/29/2012 : 10:00 AM

The shooter was caught yesterday.

http://www.kwqc.com/story/19938165/burlington-police-make-arrest-after-shooting

The Hawk Eye didn't submit article about shooting in today's newspaper

I checked into today's newspaper to see if the shooting was published in the newspaper.  There wasn't anything published.

The website still hasn't updated to the incident.  This is a snapshot taken at 5:57 PM today.

The Eastern Iowa Fireground complained about the lack of updates presented on their website.  They weren't sure whether it was presented into the newspaper or not.  The answer is that it was never published.

Recent shooter had checkered past

37-year-old Jermaine Carr of Burlington was captured by police after attempting to shoot two people and having a standstill in his home.  This is the man who was captured.

Carr had a criminal past.  He was charged as a sex offender in Cook County for two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault.

It was unclear whether he had other charges made against him in the past.

He is currently held in Des Moines County Jail and will be put on trial later this morning.

The Hawk Eye and KBUR failed to warn locals about shooting

During the shooting, The Hawk Eye website never reported it at all!  This was taken at 12:00 AM this morning.

The Eastern Iowa Firegrounds facebook page complained about The Hawk Eye about them not updating this information on their website when it was happening!

Not only The Hawk Eye failed to deliver the information, KBUR was floating the same boat as well!

Because of this, there was a lack of information being provided quickly enough to alert the public that live in the area about the dangerous gunman.  The only way people would find out about it is if they were informed by the Eastern Iowa Fireground Facebook page, a police scanner, or the word of mouth.

Two people are currently hospitalized.  More could have been in danger due to lack of information that could be provided to them on time.  Both the radio and newspaper industries has the best way of alerting the public through their website and on radio.  It's sad to think that these two areas aren't responsible enough in alerting the public in time.

Stupid Sunday: 10/21/2012

Here's the next installment of Stupid Sunday.

The story:

Although this isn't the entire story, I still wanted to link it.  http://burlingtoniowa.blogspot.com/2012/10/burlington-man-shot-two-people-on-loose.html

My take on it:

What the hell was this guy thinking?  He walks down a street and shoots a person, then travels down another street and shoots another person.  Why did he do that to innocent civilians?

I'm curious on the fact that he was able to find a house to take cover at.  I'm not sure whether he broke into a house or he owned it, he wanted to get inside for cover.  Thankfully, there wasn't anyone inside that was taken as a hostage, judging by the news that I have ingested so far.

What made this guy do it is unclear, but it didn't make sense in thinking that he would outlast the police, the tactical squad, and the detectives that surrounded both areas of town.

Hopefully the victims from the shooting would recover soon.