A Waterloo man will argue self defense when he goes to trial for the killing of his cousin in March, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 58 year old Dorray Cooper is accused of shooting LaVance Cooper with a handgun in the early morning hours of March 22nd. Cooper's attorneys say .
Relatives said LaVance Cooper had borrowed money from his second cousin, and Dorray Cooper wanted to be paid back. “He got upset and shot him,” one family member said.
According to KWWL, one person is dead, after an early morning shooting on W. 2nd St. in Waterloo. Waterloo police identified the victim as 41-year-old LaVance Cooper, who was shot once in the abdomen. He was transferred to Unity Point- Allen hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Police h .