Moritz suffered a gunshot wound to his inner thigh. Sheila Moritz is expected to make a full recovery. The man poce say pulled the trigger, 18 yearold isaiah mothershed, also shot himself during the struggle with moritz. Mothershed is in Police Custody at sioux citys Mercy Medical center. Ktivs Michelle Schoening joins us from the newsroom with the latest. Michelle, what led police to the scene . Matt and shelia, it all started with a call around 11 15 saturday night from a male saying he was being robbed at building 19 of the vallll Park Apartments on park a anue. A lengthy investigation led police to an apartment inside building 13 in the same complex. Officers made their way inside when they noticed a number of stolen items. Police arrested, and handcuffed, mothershed. They had him sit on a couch until he could be taken to jail. While on the couch, mothershed pulled out a 40caliber hand gun that was hidden inside the couch. Police say mothershed shot his right thigh. Officer moritz
Robbery in the first degree, and one count of Home Invasion following an incident, on south alice street in morningside, back on december 7th. Police say officer moritzs injuries areret serious and expect him to return to work within a couple of weeks. This is the third Sioux City Police officer shot in the last three years. Chief young says officers are vulnerable at times during this job. He says Going Forward the will continue to train for matt and shelia. sheila thanks michelle. Sheila Police have arrested seven people who were at thehepartment in connectioioofficer moritzs matt ktkts tiffany lane spokwith details. Matt and sheila, the individuals have been linked to robberies in sioux city dating back to january 29th. They range from 15 to 20 years old. They are 19 yearold Justin Ferguson, 20 yearold robert seaberry, and 18 yearold jordyn delfs, 16, yearold austin bulizak, 16yearold Jamaal Ferguson, 17yearold macayla knigig, and a 15yearold who has s t been the robberies began on
Most teens. Tonight we talked to the woman so excited at the white house she broke out her dance moves with the president. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this the nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Uber says tonight there were no red flags, no warnings about the michigan driver who was formally charged this afternoon with the murders of six people while he was on the job in the kalamazoo area on saturday night. A father and a son are among the dead. Two other people were wounded in the bizarre and apparently random shooting spree that according to the prosecutor james dalton has admitted to, but there is still no answer as to why. Nbcs blake mccoy was at today owes arraignment and has details. Reporter accused kalamazoo shooter jason dalton appearing in court via clickit tv this afternoon. I would prefer just to remain silent. 45yearold father of two has been charged with 16 felonies, including six counts of murder.
3 it appears a fufuraising drive for a family of seven n children in tilden, nebraska. May be linked to a murdersuicide discovered near pierce on monday. 3 the Antelope County news newspaper says donations are being accepted at the tilden bank. And online. To help the children affected by the incident. 3 neither authorities or the newspaper are releasing the names of the victims or the fafaly. 3 but they do say five of the children range in age from a 17 year old girl. To a 10 year old boy. 3 if youd like to make a donation. Weve put that information in this story on our website at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 sioux city has said its final farewell to a groundbreaking firefighter. Jeanne vakulskas jeanee vuhkulskus became siououcity fire rescscs first female firefighter in 1985 after staring her career as a nurse. She served for 22 years until died this weekend at her home in sioux city. This morning her former colleagues joined her family and friends in saying goodbye at her funeral at
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