A man. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden says it would be in the publics best interest to allow a grand jury to decide if the case warrants any criminal charges. Around one am 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 theyll 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. Tv nine contacted mitchells family attorney this afternoon. The family declined to comment. Cedar Rapids Police say there have been no shots fired calls yet this month. We
Now, eastern iowa is avoiding all of this snow but unfortunately we are definitely not dodging the cold and the we begin with meteorologist Brandon Marshall with your weatherfirst developing developing right now in cedar rapids linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden has called for a grand jury to examine the evidence after an officer shot a suspect during a traffic stop. Stop. It is an unusual move in linn county as some question the actions of that Cedar Rapids Police officer on november first. Thats when investigators say officer lucas jones pulled over jeremie mitchell. Authorities say there was an jones then shot mitchell. The car with mitchell behind the wheel accelerated away from the scene. It then hit an unmarked squad car and other vehicles. Mitchell remains in the hospital and friends say he is paralyzed from the shooting. Shooting. In the days since, mitchells family and other Community Leaders have demanded more information from police. But, so far, the linn developed mor
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Latest tonight on local 5 news at ten. Std out back to you. Stephanie be sure to stick with local 5 as we update you on this story. Turning now to your statehouse matters. The deadline for medicaid is now 12 days away. More than half a million iowans on medicaid will have their care switched over to private out ofstate companies. Local fives chief Political Correspondent amanda krenz is liive wth an update as we continue our countdown to coverage. Amanda bam at the statehouse today, Senate Democrats and House Republicans spoke candidly about their differences regarding the governors plan to privatize medicaid. Senate democrats are standing firmly by their decision to pass a bill that would stop the whole transition from happening. Standing by their position to not even take that bill up for debate. Pam jochum 4 54 i am calling on the house to take this bill up and gie it a fair hearing. If they are listning to the people they represent, they need to bring this bill up before th eentire
Really not that cool. Keeping some of the heating from the day yesterday towards the ground but the wind is a little stiff from the northwest, currently at 15 miles per hour. 8 00 a. M. Temperature holding in the mid50s. It will be a slow warm up and we will not warm up much. Low 60s by 4 00 with mostly sunny skies. It will be a great day to be outside as long as you can stand that wind. Alyx thanks, frank. Getting right to commitment 2016, the Democratic Party may be down to only 3 candidates, but as many as 7000 democrats are expected to gather in des moines tonight for political rallies and the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Our chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor has a preview from hyvee hall. Cynthia here at hyvee hall, the candidates will each have 15 they will be in the center of the audience. The tables are set for 2000 chicken dinners, the teleprompters tested, the ballroom lit with stars and stripes but the fun will start hours before the main event. Hillary clinton will hold a