around 1 a-m on november 1st, cedar rapids police officer lucas jones pulled over jerime mitchell on a routine traffic stop. that was near coe college and st. luke's hospital. police say the two men got into some kind of an altercation. that led officer jones to fire his gun, seriously wounding mitchell who was still inside his vehicle. randomly. at least five of them have to agree on an indictment. the process to choose the grand jury members has already started. this is the first time vander sanden has used a grand jury in a case involving a police officer using deadly force since he took office in 20-10. t-v nine contacted mitchell's family attorney yesterday. the family declined to comment. shots fired reports in cedar rapids are declining. we asked the department for records on those calls for the past year, and things see that wasn't the case in the first half of 20-16. in that time period, there were 50 shots fired calls. that's higher than 2015 in that same time frame. but in the past four months there's been a drop in shots fired incidents. in 2015, there were 46 in that tim

officer lucas jones and another officer shot and killed jonathan gossman last october. gossman was trying to run away and started shooting at the officers - that's when they returned fire hitting gossman officer jones was cleared of that shooting but is now being investigated by the d-c-i for shooting jerime mitchell. officer jones pulled jerime mitchell over. he says mitchell started fighting with officer jones who then shot him. mitchell drove away and hit two cars, before being arrested and taken to the hospital.mitchell's family is now calling for investigators to release the dashcam video from that night. there are now less than 26 hours until polls open on election day if you want to avoid long lines tomorrow - today is the last day to cast your ballot absentee. on went to the linn county auditors office to take advantage of early voting. county officials say if you have an absentee ballot and haven't mailed it in - you can simply walk it in to the auditor's office before polls close.in cedar rapids, you can vote from eight to five.iowa city voting is from seven-4

about 1:15 a-m on november 1st, officer lucas jones stopped jerime mitchell for a traffic violation near coe college in cedar rapids. police say the 2 men got into some sort of an altercation, and that's when jones fired his gun, seriously wounding mitchell. mitchell is still in the hospital. police say iowa law doesn't allow them to release dash cam video of the incident. but the iowa public information board disagrees. while the mitchell's family waits for the video, they help. the group is called showing up for racial justice. and they will be protesting at today's city council meeting. the newly formed is mostly white. their goal is to use what they call is their white privilege to defend people of color. they want to see the dash cam footage released, and they don't want to see the d-c-i investigating the incident "my understanding is the iowa dci and the linn county prosecutor have investigated the officer who participated in the shooting before and cleared him. they work closely with the local police departments. and we think a truly neutral investigation is l the organization say

officer lucas jones pulled over 37-year-old mitchell at 1 am on november 1. they say mitchell started fighting with officer jones who shot him. mitchell drove away hitting two cars before being taken to the university of iowa hospital and clinics where his family says the crpd says they are following the advice of the linn county attorney's office and not releasing the video because it's part of the dci investigation. officer. jones still on paid administrative leave which is protocol for officer involved shootings. this is the second shooting were officer jones has been investigated. there are a number of cases where video in a controversial case came out in a matter of out of the ordinary. at issue here is the terminology of iowa's open records law.in part - it reads public records - including it reads public records including video cannot be kept under wraps except in those unusual circumstances where disclosure could seriously jeopardize an investigation. police refused our request to see the video at the direction of linn county attorney. in a statement

contradicts a ruling from the state board that oversees open just after 1 a-m on november 1st, officer lucas jones stopped jerime mitchell for a traffic violation near coe college in cedar rapids. police say the 2 men got into some sort of an altercation, and that's when jones fired his gun, seriously wounding mitchell. mitchell is still in the hospital. the iowa public information board says open records shall be kept confidential unless it's ordered by a court, or if someone in charge of the records investigations said again today they have no timetable for when they'll wrap up the case. meanwhile today, jerime's family, friends and supporters of the movement justice for danky will protest the shooting. they will be at the cedar rapids city council meeting this afternoon. the meeting starts at 4 p- m. today, police in iowa city are investigating a note someone left outside the home of a sudanese-american family. amar samel and his family - who are muslim - found this message late friday night. the note told the family to quote "go home now" with derogatory terms and used the hashtag samel says h

the iowa division of criminal investigations says cedar rapids police officer lucas jones fired his weapon at a man earlier this week during a traffic stop near coe college. and lucas was also a part of an officer-involved shooting last year. poli mitchell on a routine traffic stop on tuesday around one a-m. the two struggled during the stop and jones shot mitchell. mitchell suffered a serious injury and is still in the hospital. officer jones was cleared in a shooting on october 21st of last year. in that incident, police say jonathan gossman ran from police and then pointed a gun at officers. jones returned fire, killing gossman. sisters... both of them teenagers. the linn county sheriff's office says the girls were in a car with their mother and two other sisters when a pick-up rear- ended them. and that collision pushed their car into another pick-up. it happened at county home road and north troy road yesterday afternoon. the sheriff's office identified the sisters who died as selena apodaca, who was 16, and isabella severson, who was 13. both were in the backseat injured their mother

now an organization is helping on november second, police officer lucas jones shot and seriously wounded mitchell during what police call an altercation after a traffic stop. the state division of criminal investigation is handling the case. and despite demands from the public, police have not released the dash cam footage from that shooting. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed joins us live from near the scene at coe college. phil, you've talked to a lawyer, the iowa public information boar, freedom of information council and they all told you that there is nothing stopping police from releasing the footage. the city is supposed to send me a response today on why they won't release the dash cam footage, but i have not gotten it yet. the mitchell family reached out to a social justice group from iowa city to help them find answers the iowa city chapter of showing protest at tuesday's city council meeting in support of jerime mitchell the organization formed over the summer "we are a group of people, mostly white who are invested in showing up to use our privilege on behalf of people and we are als

cedar rapids police officer lucas jones shot jerime mitchell on november 1s campus. let's go back to joe now for a final look at tonight's forecast. as an area of low pressure departs, it leaves in its wake cold northerly winds. wind chills tonight dip into the teens with highs through the weekend in the upper 30s and lower 40s. sprinkles and flurries are possible overnight with sunshine found during the daytime hours of saturday and sunday. looking ahead at thanks giving week shows some showers on tuesday and wednesday night and a safe weekend. tonight: very windy. a few sprinkles/flurries are possible. wind: nw >>> tonight, breaking news. as we come on, the bombshell $25 million settlement just in, after allegations of fraud against trump university. the president-elect once tweeting he would not settle out of principle. tonight, his team now responding. >>> also breaking, the deadly blizzard hitting right now. moving from the midwest to the northeast. more than 300 crashes already. >>> the school bus horror. the bus flipping. multiple injuries. students crawling t

of criminal investigation says mitchell got into an altercation with cedar rapids police officer lucas jones on november 1st. that happened on coe road northeast - near coe college. officers jones fired his gun, wounding mitchell. jones is on paid administrative leave, which is common procedure when an officer shoots someone on the job. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed joins us from outside the city council meeting. phil, how long do the protesters say they plan to stay until the meeting is over. the family has asked that nobody make a statement during public comment for mitchell. the fire marshal is not letting anybody else inside since they are at capacity. friends who say they have known mitchell their whole lives say the confrontation he had with the officer shocked them his shooting and taking somebody else's life last year and this same officer did the same thing to danky so we all wonder why did he have to do this and everything. he was unarmed. this doesn't add up" " i spoke to the iowa dci earlier today, and they say there is no timetable for when the investigation will be complete. live i

officer lucas jones pulled over the 37-year-old jeremy mitchell stopping - and being taken into custody. he's now paralized from the neck down. officer jones is on seven random members of the community will make up the grand jury.it takes five of the seven votes to return an indictment.linn county attorney jerry vander sanden tells cbs 2 news he's also seeking additional information about this case from state investigators. new information tonight about the man accused of murdering two des moines area police officers earlier this month. month.reports show the suspect -- scott michael greene-- was previously flagd to potential officers for at least two years.greene is accused of shooting and killing officer justin martin and sargeant tony beminio in an ambush style attack on november second.right now, green faces two counts of murder and is being held on ten million dollars bond. separation of church and state. that's the argument against the upcoming "pray and serve" corridor event this weekend. why the prayer service to now turned controversial. coming up tonight on the cbs 2 news ten

. >>> authorities are talking to officer lucas jones. police tell cbs 2 news earlier this week jones pulled over jeremy mitchell at about 1:00 a.m. when he started to fight with the officer who then shot him. mitchell trove away and hit two taken to the hospital. involved in a 20-15 d-c-i investigation into another shooting.he was cleared in that shooting which killed jonathan goosman. developing right now - another corridor school employees is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. student.marcus cain used to work for the linn-mar distrct. he was charged after investigators say he sent a pornographic image to a student. tracking the latest developments from the newsroom. dora. cain admitted to sending, what police called, obscene images to a 17 year old student. student.district officals contacted investigators last month when they found out about the inappropriate behavior. the 26 year old is no longer employed by the district and was arrested this week on monday. he was released on a promise to appear in court

the iowa d-c-i says mitchell and cedar rapids police officer lucas jones got into some sort of struggle during a traffic stop. that's when jones shot mitchell. police have not released dash cam video of this incident. and a grand jury will decide whether jones should face charges. friends and family are hod started at five this evening. this is a live look at the event. they say it's a way to raise money for mitchell's medical care and show support for his family. linn county supervisor stacey walker will be speaking. the charlotte, north carolina officer who shot and killed an man during a call at an apartment complex will not face charges. the charlotte- brentley vison were justified. the officer and the victim are black. the shooting on september 20th killed keith lamont scott. his family says he was unarmed, but surveillance video shows scott had a gun holstered on his right ankle. scott's family attorney says there is more to investigate in this case. "we still have real questions about the decisions that were made that day, in terms of how they confronted keith, how they reacted t

he was allegedly shot by officer lucas jones after an altercation earlier this month. meanwhile in iowa city - a team of law enforcement professionals --from across the country will be looking at the operations helps them provide better service.the agency representatives will go through records and practices to give an evaluation and make sure everything is up to standards. basically what calea does, it allows us access to the current, best policing policies across the nation to the agency representatives will go through records and practices to get an evaluation and make sure everything is up to standard. >> it allows us access -- to keep us up to date with the current trends. >> community members that are interested in being a part of this can share their thoughts website on cbs2iowa.com. >>> coming up on the cbs2 news at noon, one corridor museum is getting into the holiday spirit. we will take a look inside of the herbert hoover presidential library. >>> the weather forecast. a little rainy and snowy. now flurries being reported as far south as hazleton. >>> welcom

to demand the release of police dash cam video of the incident on november first, police officer lucas jones stopped jerime mitchell near coe college for a traffic violation. but police say the two men got into some kind of an altercation that led to jones firing his gun, seriously wounding mitchell. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed reports mirchell's family wants the city to make the dash cam video public. family and friends of jerime mitchell filled the cedar rapids city council chamber in because the room became over capacity. they held signs that read black lives matter, and justice for danky. danky is mitchell's nickname. the family attorney was inside the meeting to make sure nobody inside spoke on mitchell's behalf. he's says mitchell is recovering, and that his health is their number one priority. " at this point, we're still waiting to complete the investigation pending release of the video by the city. but also at this point we're just focusing on jerime's health. that's really his family's main priority at this time." i spoke to the iowa dci earlier today, and they say there is no timeta

police believe mitchell started a fight with officer lucas jones before the shooting. many people want to see the dash cam video. year. "an officer who has a history in shooting you know killing somebody and now paralyzing somebody that doesn't add up, something needs to be done they need to let him go." last year's shooting was considerd justified. the linn county attorney says having a grand jury decide whether officer jones is charged in this case police believe the uniform was the target when a detective was shot to death. a man has been arrested in san antonio for murdering detective ben marconi as he wrote a traffic ticket in his squad car. the suspect allegedly blames his anger on several custody battles -- and says he lashed out at someone who didn't deserve it. a memorial honoring detective marconi is growing outside the police headquarters in san antonio. he was a 20-year officers shot in three states on sunday. one of those cases in florida -- where an officer is recovering this morning. he was shot in the shoulder as he sat in his patrol car writing a ticke

officer lucas jones--is on paid administrative leave for shooting 37-year-old jerime mitchell-- jones was also involved in an year--that killed a man. that shooting was deemed justified. kwwl's kristin rogers joins us live from cedar rapids with more---kristin? people have been gathering here in front of coe college near the scene where this all took place-- in support of jerime mitchell-- and they've been demanding answers-- an officer involved shooting-- leading some--to one-thousand times on youtube answers police say they answers--for jerime mitchell--who they call danky. answers police say they aren't able to give-- as a legal process must began some sort of fight with officer jones--who shot him--this all happening during a traffic stop. but friends say--it isn't like mitchell-- to start a fight--especially with an officer-- organizing through facebook--plans to go to tuesday's city answers-- like having the dash cam video from the shooting released. about 500 people signing this online petition-- pushing for the videos release as well. but the linn county attorney's office says

state investigators identified officer lucas jones as the cedar rapids police officer who shot a suspect tuesday morning. we have learned officer jones was involved in a fatal police shooting in but was cleared in that case. he even received an award for heorism this past may. police say he had stopped 37 year-old jerime mitchell near the coe college campus around one tuesday morning. during the stop, there was an altercation and officer jones shot mitchell. mitchell's car then accelerated, crashing into an unmarked police car and other parked cars. the officer in the unmarked car had to be cut out but was not seriously hurt. mitche t-v nine that mitchell is still in the hospital in critical condition. marion police are investigating two separate cases involving two former employees of the linn-mar school district. one case led to an arrest and charge. police say marcus cain, who is 26 from cedar rapids, is charged with dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors. police say he sent a pornographic image to a juvenile student. cain worked at linn-mar high month. in a statem

the iowa division of criminal investigations says officer lucas jones shot a man during an altercation after a traffic stop on november 1st. the shooting seriously injured jerime mitchell. linn county attorney jerry vander sanden says after reviewing the case, he decided it would be of public interest for a grand jury to determi are warranted. the grand jury will be composed of seven members, randomly selected from the county. he said the process of putting the jury together is under way. dubuque police have released security pictures of a man who robbed a convenience store a week ago. it happened around ten p-m last friday at the oky doky at 535 hill street in dubuque. these re surveillance pictures of the robber who police hd a gun. anyone with information news happening, give us a call on newsline nine. the number is 319-365-9999. you can also email news tips, pictures, and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. joe, it's really starting to feel more like fall. as an area of low pressure departs, it leaves in its wak

cedar rapids police say jerime mitchell got into a fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop a few weeks ago. some want the dash cam video released -- but the linn county attorney's office says releasing it too early could affect the investigation. the man convicted of shooting an iowa police officer will not have his case heard by the iowa supreme court. eddie chest - and his son were convicted in the shooting of dubuque lieutenant scott baxter -- a shooting that happened several years ago. his attorney says the only reason chest accepted a plea deal is because two senten same time. the prosecution argued they were meant to be served back-to-back. chest did win his first two appeals but not this most recent time, so two 25-year sentences -- to be served back to back -- will stand. the trial for a police officer accused of assault will now start in january. waterloo lieutenant corbin payne pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. police reports show payne accused a delivery driver of speeding cutting him off. payne is then accused of following the victim into a sho

police say jerime mitchell began some sort of fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop a few weeks ago. friends say it's not like mitchell to released. "release the footage, release the footage! "we want answers, release the footage!" the linn county attorney's office says releasing the dash cam video too early could affect the investigation. the brother of an n-f-l player has been shot and killed. brian moore georgia. his brother is telvin smith -- who plays for jacksonville. police believe moore was targeted, but no arrests have been made in the shooting. two -- but they were later released. a veteran journalist known for moderating debates has died. p-b-s newshour co-anchor gwen ifill passed away yesterday. she had been battling cancer. she was a former newspaper reporter who eventually switched over to t-v... working for both n-b-c she moderated last february's democratic presidential primary debate. today marks one year since a young man died after a confrontation with police in minneapolis. the officers were cleared in the death of jamar clark. tonight, a candleligh

officer lucas jones pulled over jerime mitchell early on november 1st. it led to some kind of altercation, where officer jones shot mitchell. mitchell's vehicle eventually crashed in a parking lot on the coe college campus, not far from downtown cedar rapids. his family says the incident left him paralyzed. bargaining union said it doesn't have more information than what the public has. it also said, "knowing the hiring standards of this department, the training required... and knowing officer jones... we feel confident that the grand jury will return a no bill." local attorney peter riley from tom riley law firm says a county attorney normally calls on a grand jury when there is a sensitive issue. but he wa different approach. "to have someone other than the county attorney. such as the staff of the attorney general office come in and make a decision. tom miller's office doesn't have to work everyday with the cedar rapids police department like the county attorney does" riley says it could take a month before a grand jury reaches a decision. the union a

the department tells cbs 2 news that lucas jones put over jerime mitchell on november 1. mitchell started fighting with the officer in the drove away. he hit two vehicles before he was hit to the university of because it's part of a d-c-i still on paid adminstrative leave, which is protocol for officer-involved shootings. because it is a part of an investigation. officer jones is on leave which is protocol with officer involved shootings. he was cleared and last year's shooting of jonathan gossman. >>> the attorney says that state law prevents the release of the dashboard camera video. dora miller is live at city hall with a breakdown of fake dora. >>> we are at a city council meeting where the cry is just this, release the tapes. they are demanding that the tapes be released so they can see what happened. the city attorney said that he cannot do it because it's unlawful. others say not so fast, there is more to it. the public information board deals with public records and both say it is up to the lawful custodian to make the decision to release the video. the custodian

. >>> and the cedar rapids police union is standing behind the officer lucas jones, the man who stopped jeremy mitchell november 1. police say mitchell started a fight during that traffic stop. that's when officer jones shot him. and mitchell was rushed to the hospital. his familile tells cbs 2 news that he is now paralyzed. officer jones was involved in another shooting last year, while he was chasing a suspect. and he was cleared in that shooting. motions. motion to leave certain evidence out of the upcoming trial. haglin faces a charge of felony sexual explotation by a school employee.the former washington high substitute teacher admitted to having a sexual relationship with a student.her trial starts next monday. an update to news we broke early this morning, the bomb that went off in a philedelphia apartment building is now being investigated by federal officials as a hate crime. just before four this morning in the last few hours -- investigators confirmed the explosion was deliberate and they're looking into if it could be a hate crime. we'll continue to monitor any developments

police say jerime mitchell began some sort of fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop earlier this month--that's when officer jones shot mitchell. friends say it's not like mitchell. some of them protesting and asking for dash cam footage to be released--like in this times. "release the footage, release the footage! "we want answers, release the footage!" the linn county attorney's office says releasing the dash cam video from the incident too early could affect the investigation. a pretty quiet night weather wise let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the r stormtrack 7 weather team: areas of fog are possible unusually warm and dry weather continues until the end of the through saturday and a chance of rain showers friday. we will also experience a change in reality by saturday. high temperatures remain in the 50s/60s through friday. after the storm moves northeast of iowa, the wind shifts to the northwest pulling colder air south. high temperatures this weekend are in the

around one a-m on november first cedar rapids police officer lucas jones pulled over jerime mitchell on a routine traffic stop. that was near coe college and into some kind of an altercation that led to officer jones firing his gun, seriously wounding mitchell who was still inside his vehicle. vander sanden says the grand jury will consist of seven people they'll choose randomly, and at least five of them have to agree on any possible indictment. the process to choose the grand jury members has already started. this is the first time vander sanden has used a grand jury in a case involving a police officer using deadly force since he took office in 2010. t-v nine contacted mitchell's family attorney this afternoon. the family declined to comment. cedar rapids police say there have been no shots fired calls yet this month. we asked the department for records on shots fired calls for the past year and things seem to be improving. that wasn't the case in the first half of 2016. in that time period, there were 50 shots fired calls. that's higher then the previous year in that same there's

on november first, officer lucas jones pulled over men got into some sort of altercation. jones fired his gun at mitchell who was still inside his car. mitchell's family says the shooting paralyzed him. linn county supervisor stacey walker will talk at the benefit tonight. it's at the african american museum in cedar rapids from five until nine tonight. the money will support mitchell's family. the unitypoint clinic urgent care facility in cedar falls is set to move to a new location. the new facility will open at 5100 prairie parkway and will be available for patients 7 from 8 a-m until 8 p-m. the urgent care clinic will offer walk-in and after-hours care for non-emergency situations. other clinics, like family medicine, o-b-g-y-n, and a pharmacy will open at the facility within the next 6 weeks. foster and adoptive families open their hearts and homes to hundreds of children each year in iowa. according to iowa kids net, 400 people in the area are creating safe, permanent connections between kids and families. but the group says that's not enough. looking for more famili

. >>> in the last 30 minutes, we now know that the name of the talking to officer lucas jones. the state d-c-i is handling the investigation.police told cbs 2 news earlier this week - jones over around one a-m when he started a fight with the officer, who then shot him. mitchell drove away and hit two cars, before being arrested and taken to the hospital.mitchell's family is now calling for investigators to release the dashcam video from that night. first - let's check in with meteorologist brandon marshall marshallfor your weather first developing right now - another corridor school employee is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. marcus cain worked for linn mar community school district. he has since been arrested and charged after investigators image to a minor. minor.cbs 2 news reporter dora miller joins us with more on this ongoing investigation. investigation. cain admitted to sending, what police called, obscene images to a 17 year old student. student.district officals contacted investigators last month when they found out about the inappropri

mitchell was pulled over by police officer lucas jones on november 1. police say there was an altercation between officer jones and mitchell that tomorrow night from five tonight a benefit for mitchell will be taking place. a benefit concert is also scheduled on sunday night at seven. officer jones remains on paid administrative leave. a grand jury will recommend whether he should be charged. >> law enforcement professionals from across the country are coming to iowa city to take a look at the operations of the police department. it's part of an accreditation process to help the department provide better service. the officers will write a long and go through practices to give evaluations and make sure everything is up to standards. if you are interested in sharing her thoughts we posted information on cbs2iowa.com cedar rapids and marion are getting grants as part of the street challenge of iowa economic authority. we received two -- we are going to receive $75,000. mary it will get the $75,000 as well. a total of $965,000 in state projects across the s

the officer that shot him him a lucas jones, is on administrative leave while the shooting is being investigated by the dci. also, the family of mitchell has reached out to the iowa city chapter for racial injustice -- they want an independent shooting. cbs2 news will bring you the latest on the story tonight at 5:00 as well as the 6:00 broadcast. that is the latest, jenee back to you. >> cbs learned there will be a demonstration outside of the city council meeting. organizers tell cbs2 news they are demanding answers for jerime mitchell. he is the man again those that we just cover that was shot in this traffic stop on november they will gather at city hall at 4:00 this afternoon. that is for the demonstration. >>> one-woman's recorded incident inspired by her concern for the shooting of jerime mitchell, is making its way around the internet. it has gone viral. melissa kelly posted a video on facebook criticizing the police officers for wearing black bands over their badges. those bands honored police officers that were shot and killed earlier this month. the manager says the woman has made cus

getting shot-- but many people--want to be able to see what happened. nat from protest officer lucas jones who pulled the trigger is on administrative leave-- jones was a part of another officer involved shooting just last year--something many are questioning. "an officer who has a history in shooting you know killing somebody and now paralizing somebody that doesn't add up, something needs to be done they need to let although a man was killed in last year's shooting--the shooting was deemed justified. whether officer jones faces charges-- the jury will be given all of the evidence--and they will decide-- something the linn county attorney believes is in the public's best interest. jerime mitchell's family has but many people in this community--have done just the opposite--- the grand jury will meet in private but once they have made their decision about officer jones-- that information will be released. live in cedar rapids--kristin rogers news 7 kwwl. this investigation is being done by the iowa division of criminal investigation-- the linn county attorney telling us-- early release of d

almost exactly a year ago, officer lucas jones and another officer shot and killed jonathan gossman. gossman was trying to run away and started shooting at the officers when they fired back. officer jones was cleared of that shooting but right now, the investigation is focused on jeremy mitchell after officer jones mitchell started fighting him. he says that's when he started shooting at him. he what -- he is now paralyzed and the family wants dash cam video. >>> new details after another earthquake in oklahoma overnight. as of now, no injuries or lost lives in the 5.0 tremor centered a mile west of cushing. it hit near one of the world's key oil hubs. oklahoma has suffered thousands of earthquakes in recent years, 19 alone in the past week. but this latest earthquake is history. it was reportedly felt in iowa and as far as texas. scientists tying nearly all of these earthquakes to oil and gas production. >>> a political shift appears to be in iowa today. a new des moines register poll shows donald trump has a seven point lead over hillary clinton. only one day before the election, t

cedar rapids police say jerime fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop earlier this month--that's when officer jones shot mitchell. it's still not clear what led up to the shooting --which has sparked a number of protests recently. it takes five out of seven members of the impartial jury to vote to charge the officer. one woman is hospitalized after being stabbed . police responding to the 700 the victim --28- year-old wendi smith --she is expected to survive. officers say she is not cooperating with police, so no arrests have been made. a toddler is recovering after a daycare worker apparently tries to hang him. minneapolis police say a parent dropping off her own child was able to rescue the 16- month old boy. police say the daycare worker then took off in a van and then threatened to jump off an overpass. there's no word on the motive behind any of her actions. the people hit by the car are both expected to be ok, as well as a dubuque man is arrested, accused of punching the mother of his child through a window. officers repsonding to the 19-hundred block of jackson str

police officer lucas jones shot jerime mitchell during a traffic stop - mitchell, still alive but is paralyzed from the shoulders down. the linn county attorney ruling a grand jury will determine if officer jones should face charges in the shooting. that grand jury will be made up of seven random members of the community... five of them need to agree for an indictment. he's accused of a stabbing. 49-year-old bruce hanson is facing felony and misdemeanor charges connected to the alleged attack. he's from waterloo -- but the police say the stabbing happened along old stage road near the town of freeport -- in wineshiek county. officers responded to a disturbance call around eight-40 last night -- when they determined the stabbing assault occurred. an investigation into incident is still in progress tonight. with strong winds and dropping temperatures in the area -- it's iowa. but it's not all bad for business. kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live in waterloo. yesterday we talked about how the summer-like weather helps contractors -- today -- windier weather helping farmers. take a look

the departmental cbs 2 news officer lucas jones pulled over 37-year-old jerime mitchell. they say mitchell started fighting with officer jones who shot him. mitchell drove away hitting two university of iowa hospital where his family says he remains paralyzed tonight. the crpd says they are following the advice of the linn county attorney's office. not releasing the video because it's part of a dci investigation. officer. jones is still on paid administrative leave. that's protocol for officer involved shootings. this is the second shooting for which officer jones has been investigated. he was cleared in last year's deadly shooting of tonight 10 eight family is demanding answers of the shooting. dora miller has been following this case from the beginning and joins us on the ongoing outcry. >> reporter: every single day for two weeks jerime mitchell support system has been demanding answers. they have been on this corner and across the street asking for the public support. >> every night you will hear them on this corner. friends and family of jerime mitchell making sure h

this comes after cedar rapids police say jerimey mitchell started a fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop earlier this month. police say officer jones shot mitchell. details before to the shooting are unclear -- sparking a number of protests in the city. legal experts say it takes five members of a seven-person impartial jury to charge an officer. kwwl's taylor bailey visits cedar rapids and joins us live in the studio with more. concerned about the relationship between police and the community--this is why they feel it's necassary to pray. nats our father prayer more nats "god lays down his life for all and we respect that greatly" eastern iowa--one being cedar rapids. more than one- hundred people bowing their heads in prayer. lord hear our prayer "we pray for them, it is a danger a lot, we ask a lot of them when we are running one direction they are toward the danger and so i found it necesasry that we pray for them" stand-up "many people stopping to thank the pastor for the services department and it means a lot to them" "there were several parents of officers, there we

the dci is talking to officer lucas jones. police tell cbs 2 news jones stopped jeremy mitchell at about 1 a.m., they say a fight started and the officer fired. mitchell then hit before being arrested and then taken to the hospital. mitchell's family wants to see the dash cam video officer jones by the way was involved in the 2015 shooting that killed jonathan guzman he was cleared in that investigation. >>> tonight cbs 2 has learned the names of two girls killed in a crash in lynn county just a horrible situation for this family. 16-year-old selina and he were severson, that's isabella died after a pick up truck rear ended the car they were in, they were waiting to turn when the truck slammed into one of them the girl's mother jennifer perez and two other daughters were also in the car, one of them has a life threatening injury the driver of the pick up was not seriously hurt. a go fund me page for the family already has exceeded its goal so far it is than $32,000 the money will help to pay for the funeral for the two girls.

police officer lucas jones shot mitchell during what police call an altercation between the two men near the coe college campus. mitchell was wounded seriously hospital. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed joins us now. phil, friends of mitchell are trying to piece together what happened. and they say dash camera video can help answer those questions cedar rapids police says iowa law does not allow them to release dash camera video of an active case. but legal experts say the decision to release the video is up to police. "that's the question we all want to get answered. why won't they release it " melvin after a police officer shot and wounded his friend, jerime mitchell. pledge says seeing dash cam footage of what happened could help. "it gives everybody a burning feeling inside you know. very upset that they got this footage and they won't release the evidence. it hurts. " the president of the cedar rapids naacp branch dedric doolin says releasing the video could quell the rumor mill. "naturally your suspicion is what's the reason? if there's nothing to hide, why not release that information? i

the department tells cbs 2 news that lucas jones put over jerime mitchell on november 1. mitchell started fighting with the officer in the drove away. he hit two vehicles before he was hit to the university of because it's part of a d-c-i

shot after a traffic stop near coe college police believe mitchell started a fight with officer lucas jones before the shooting. many people want to see the dash cam video. jones was also part of another "an officer who has a history in shooting you know killing somebody and now paralizing somebody that doesn't add up, something needs to be done they need to let him go." considerd justified. the linn county attorney says having a grand jury decide whether officer jones is charged in this case is in the public's best interest.. the cedar rapids police bargaining union issuing a statement saying: the union fully supports officer jones. a grand jury proceeding is not an indication of any wrongdoing. it goes on to say... we feel confident that the grand jury will return a no bill. head to kwwl dot com to read the police believe the uniform was to death. a man has been arrested in san antonio for murdering detective ben marconi as he wrote a traffic ticket in his squad car. the suspect allegedly blames his anger on several custody battles -- and says he lashed out at reporter: what were you upse

to a response from governor branstad.for the second time in as many years, cedar rapids officer lucas jones shot a suspect.although jones was cleared of wrongdoing in the first incident, a shooting earlier this month is still under scrutiny.friends and family of the victim jeremie mitchell, are demanding that police release the dash cam video of the traffic stop and shooting that they say left mitchell paralyzed.state regulators say agencies ?can release video during an the way linn county attorney jerry vander sanden reads the rules.he believes the law requires him to keep the footage private while the investigation is underway. now, governor branstad says lawmakers should review that policy. "but if there's ambiguity or if there's areas that need to be clarified then it may require legislative action. so that's something i think we need to carefully look at and determine again - what would be appropriate and protect the public safety." releasing videos prematurely could harm an ongoing investigation - which is why authorities need to be extremely careful.as for the investigation into the

officer lucas jones pulled over the 37-year-old jeremy mitchell stopping - and being taken into custody. he's now paralized from the neck down. officer jones is on

cedar rapids police say jerime mitchell got into a fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop a few weeks ago. that's when officer jones shot mitchell. some want the dash cam video released -- but the linn county attorney's office says releasing it too early could affect the investigation. a kwwl follow-up. blood everywhere. that's how police are describing a crime scene -- as a murder trial continues. 27-year-old eddie hicks on trial accused of murdering his girlfriend. police say he stabbed her more according to our coverage partners at the dubuque telegraph herald -- an officer testified hicks told officers to kill him. the defense arguing he was confused and making odd statements. 15-thousand dollars in damage to a garage following a fire in dubuque. crews responding to the area of 22nd street and windsor avenue. fortunately, nobody got hurt in yesterday's fire -- no word on what caused it. people at an iowa assisted living home are given a month to find 60 people living in des moines were told that assistance would no longer be there after next month. a letter says the ag

support for a member under investigation - for shooting a suspect during a traffic stop.officer lucas jones is on paid leave pending the outcome of a grand jury investigation.officer jones shot jeremie mitchell back on november second.friends say mitchell - who remains hospitalized -is now paralyzed.now - the cedar rapids 2 news - they are confident the grand jury will find no wrong-doing on the part of officer jones.in a statement - the union expressed hope that this unusual step would put the public at ease that the case received a fair and impartial investigation. parents in chattanooga, tennessee - now say they were worried about the driver of a school bus - long before he crash the bus into a tree - killing five children on board.one of jasmine mateen's three children died in the before the bus flipped that he was speeding around the curve and asked them are y'all ready to dieofficials have not yet confirmed if those comments are true.the mom also says she complained several times about the behavior of the suspect - johnthony walker before the crash.investigators say walker drove reckl

early in the morning on november first, officer lucas jones pulled over mitchell for a traffic stop near coe college. police say the two men got into some kind of altercation. and officer jones fired his gun, seriously wounding mitchell, who was still inside his car. the shooting paralyzed mitchell, and he's now in rehab. a grand jury will determine whether officer jones will face charges. the benefit for jerime mitchell started about an hour ago at the african stacey walker is set to speak at that benefit. he's the first african american to serve as a linn county supervisor. kcrg-tv nine's forrest saunders is live at the museum tonight. forrest, how much do family and friends hope to raise? organizers tell me as much as they can. which could be a lot. about 300 have rsvp'd to this fundraiser and dinner. five dollar free will donations at the do bucks. add to that a silent auction which is in place. the dollar's will go back to mitchell and his wife. family says mitchell was paralyzed from the neck down after being struck by a bullet. he's currently in rehab and the dollars here will go

. >>> authorities are talking to officer lucas jones. police tell cbs 2 news earlier this week jones pulled over jeremy mitchell at about 1:00 a.m. when he started to fight with the officer who then shot him. mitchell trove away and hit two

police say jerime mitchell began some sort of fight with officer lucas jones during a traffic stop earlier this month-- that's when officer jones shot mitchell, who did survive. like mitchell. some of them protesting -- demanding dash cam footage to be "release the footage, release the footage! "we want answers, release the footage!" we reached out to the linn county attorney's office. they say releasing the dash cam video from the incident too waterloo police are investigating an armed robbery they say it happed at the metro mart walked into the store -- but they won't say what the suspect got away with-- if anything. police do say -- no one got hurt. nobody's been arrested in this case. tonight at five -- a vigil will be held to remember a teen killed in a waterloo shooting. the community will come together to rememer 19- year-old talasa wright -- at linn and gable in waterloo. violence affecting young men and women in waterloo is becoming a big problem. this is the third murder in waterloo this year. a community leader -- a pastor -- talks about the pain and frustration... "i would say,

on november first, officer lucas jones pulled over jerime mitchell near coe college for a traffic violation. police say the two men got into some sort of altercation. jones fired his gun at mitchell who was still inside his car. mitchell's family says the shooting paralyzed him. linn county supervisor stacey walker will talk at from five until nine tonight. the money will support mitchell's family. when thieves break into businesses, cars and homes in cedar rapids, they're looking for your check book. police say burglars are now taking checkbooks and writing checks. the number of counterfeit and forgery cases in cedar rapids is up from 171 through mid november last year to 306 so far this year. several eastern iowa police departments caught thousands of dollars rapids police say that accounts for the early increase in counterfeitin g cases. but later, investigators noticed more people stealing blank checks and checkbooks. "they're just going for whatever is the easiest, people put their checkbook in the glove box they're just taking the checkbook, forging the checks... signing off scribblin

police officer lucas jones shot jeremy mitchell during what police call an altercation between the 2 men near the coe college campus. the gunfire seriously wounded mitchell and he is still in the hospital. under iowa law, police are not required to release investigative reports. attorney michael lahammer, and the iowa freedom of information council says that does not pertain to video evidence. "there is nothing holding police back from releasing the restriction, or any other restriction under iowa law. " the iowa freedom of information council says iowa's open records law gives police the sole discretion to release dash camera video of any incident. iowa city police this morning say a university of iowa student who fell after climbing a light pole last week has died. kcrg-tv9 of iowa hospitals and clinics after falling. johnson county authorities say 21-year- old kyle leeney died monday. we are working with authorities to get more details on this developing story. this morning authorities are investigating the cause of a deadly crash in cedar rapids. it happened late yesterday aftern

about 1:15 a-m on november 1st, officer lucas jones stopped jerime mitchell for a traffic violation near coe college in cedar rapids. police say the 2 men got into some sort of an altercation, and that's when jones fired his gun, seriously wounding mitchell. mitchell is still in the hospital. police say iowa law doesn't allow them to release dash cam video of the board disagrees. while the mitchell's family waits for the video, they reached out to an iowa city social justice group for help. the group is called showing up for racial justice. and they will be protesting at today's city council meeting. the newly formed group is mostly white. their goal is to use what they call is their white privilege to defend minorities. they want to see the dash cam footage released, and they don't want to see the d-c-i investigating the incident "my understanding is the iowa dci and the linn county prosecutor have investigated the officer who participated in him. they work closely with the local police departments. and we think a truly neutral investigation is only possible if the federal government ge