A grand jury will decide if a Cedar Rapids Police officer a man. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden says having the grand jury make a decision would be in the publics best interest. Around 1 am 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. Lukes 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 2010. Tv nine contacted mitchells 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 pas
A grand jury will decide if a Cedar Rapids Police officer a man. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden says having the grand jury make a decision would be in the publics best interest. Around 1 am 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. Lukes 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 2010. Tv nine contacted mitchells 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 pas
Need in the appropriate shelters. And if need be, they will open an overflow shelter at an offsite location. The shelters say the first goal is to keep people safe, and the second is to provide some longterm help. As many as 2,000 people in cedar rapids are in and out of homelessness each year. For many, its unexpected. This is the case for ja far khenti 3 and half weeks ago. Khenti says a friend recommended he try willis dady. He says he felt welcomed immediately. 12 32 they give you a lot of resources. And you go out there and try to find some resources. Plus they help us try to get an apartment of our own. As cooler temps roll through, willis dady says balancing safety and outreach can be a challenge. Trepp 8 42, we struggle with the balance of providing a true term solutions, which we know is housing. Thats why the Community Overflow Weather Shelter system was formed just last year. Organizers pushed for more funding, so they can open once temperatures are freezing. Trepp 4 48, the
Looks to arrive on sunday and should lead to widespread rain by sunday night at the latest. This could sneak in on sunday afternoon. Have a good day today showers likely, especially in the morning. Wind nw 515. High 43 tonight cloudy. Wind nw 515. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy and cool. Wind w 510. High 40 tom. Night chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. Wind se 510. Low 31 thanks kaj. During a traffic stop in cedar rapidsearlier this month has the support of his union. The Police Bargaining Union says it fully backs officer lucas jones and feels confident that a grand jury will officer jones pulled over Jerime Mitchell early on november 1st. The stop led to some kind of altercation, where officer jones shot mitchell. Mitchells vehicle eventually crashed in a parking lot on the coe college campus, not far from downtown cedar rapids. His family says mitchell is paralyzed from the incident. In a statement, the cedar rapids Police Bargaining Union said it doesnt have more information t
Are quite a bit. Bringing him back to good health is costly. A gofundme was created after the incident at the beginning of the month. Its since raised nearly 8thousand dollars. Again, supervisor stacy walker is going to be speaking later tonight. Well have his comments tonight at 10 live in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg tv nine news. For protesting the Bakken Oil Pipeline at the iowa utilities board offices in des moines. Jessica reznicek faces a trespassing charge after the protest. Police say she refused their orders to leave the building this morning. Reznicek and others who call themselves water protectors want the iowa utilities board to rescind construction permits for the Dakota Access pipeline. They are drinking water. But the board says it isnt addressing protestors. The board issued its final decision in march. Thats being litigated so we cant comment on litigation. The pipeline is already in the ground in much of iowa. Lets turn now to the weather and meteorologis t j