ATLANTA, Ga. – Federal authorities on Monday arrested a teenager in Georgia who is accused of opening fire last month near a popular University of Iowa nightlife district, injuring five people.
Iowa City officials announced in a news release that U.S. marshals captured Damarian M. Jones, 17, of Cedar Rapids, near Atlanta.
He faces multiple charges, including five counts of attempted murder and five counts of assault. He was being held in the Clayton County Jail in Georgia pending a hearing on extradition to Iowa.
The release did not explain how the marshals tracked Jones down, exactly where he was arrested or whether he resisted them. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he has an attorney…