IOWA CITY — Two Cedar Rapids teens charged in the April Pedestrian Mall shooting in Iowa City will have a joint trial Jan. 26, 2027, in Johnson County District Court.
The judge, defense lawyers and prosecutors had an informal phone meeting late Friday to set the new trial date. A trial previously had been set for this month but both Damarian Jones, 18, and Ka’Mari Dozier, 17, needed more time to prepare for trial.
Jones, who will claim self-defense, is charged with five counts of attempted murder, three counts of willful injury, assault causing serious injury, two counts of willful injury causing bodily injury and one count of going armed with intent…