Waterloo Police Busy Wednesday

MARCH 13 ROGER KING, KOEL-AM (WEDNESDAY WATERLOO INCIDENTS)

WATERLOO POLICE WERE KEPT BUSY WEDNESDAY, INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING, A FIGHT AT A HOSPITAL, AN ASSAULT AT A SHOPPING MALL, AND AN ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION.

IT ALL BEGAN AT ABOUT 8AM WEDNESDAY, WHEN A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL REPORTED TO POLICE THAT, WHILE SHE WAS WALKING TO EAST HIGH SCHOOL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ARGYLE AND IOWA STREETS. THE GIRL TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT SHE WAS APPROACHED BY FIVE MEN; TWO OF THEM GRABBED HER AND TRIED TO PULL HER TO A NEARBY ABANDONED HOUSE. THE GIRL WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND RAN TO THE SCHOOL, WHERE SHE REPORTED THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

WATERLOO POLICE WERE CALLED OUT AT ABOUT 7PM WEDNESDAY TO CROSSROADS MALL, ON THE REPORT OF A FIGHT. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, 8 TEENAGERS WERE ATTACKING 20 YEAR OLD KEITH HAYES. HAYES WAS PUNCHED AND KICKED IN THE HEAD; HE WAS DISCOVERED UNCONSCIOUS ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE MALL. THE ASSAULT SENT HAYES TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEN AROUND 9PM, 18 YEAR OLD TONDRELL GARY WAS SITTING IN A CAR ON FLORENCE STREET, WHEN A PERSON IN A PASSING VEHICLE SHOT HIM IN THE SHOULDER BLADE.
GARY WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO ALLEN HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING WOUNDS.

AFTER GARY'S FRIENDS BROUGHT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, FRIENDS OF BOTH GARY AND HAYES ARRIVED AT THE E.R. AND A FIGHT BEGAN. WATERLOO POLICE WERE ASSISTED BY HOSPITAL SECURITY TO BREAK UP THE CONFRONTATION. AGAIN, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATION WHETHER THE BEATING AND THE SHOOTING INCIDENTS ARE RELATED.

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