Downtown shooting leaves one dead
UPDATE
By Molly Montag | Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008
SIOUX CITY -- As her car sped down Gordon Drive, a Sioux City woman told police dispatchers she'd been shot by a man chasing her in another car, ramming it into hers.
The call came in at 10:26 p.m. Wednesday, but the woman's attempt to escape ended minutes later in front of the Tyson Events Center, where a man police say was her estranged husband rammed her car a final time.
The impact sent her white four-door car careening into a utility pole at the corner of Gordon Drive and Pearl Street, where she crashed.
Sioux City Police spokesman Lt. Marti Reilly said the man led officers on a short car chase that ended when he crashed into a semi-tractor parked on the east side of the Tyson Events Center parking lot.
Officers heard one or two shots, Reilly said, observed the man struggling with his weapon and then heard a final shot.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police did not identify the man late Wednesday, but said he was from Sioux City.
Firefighters used an extrication device to free the woman, who also was not identified, from her car.
She suffered from a gunshot wound to the left arm, Reilly said, but her injuries did not appear to be life threatening. She was taken to Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City.
It was not clear late Wednesday if the woman was shot while inside her car, Reilly said, but there were bullet holes in her vehicle.
Police also did not identify where the incident started or what may have prompted it.
Come back to siouxcityjournal.com for news updates throughout the day.
The call came in at 10:26 p.m. Wednesday, but the woman's attempt to escape ended minutes later in front of the Tyson Events Center, where a man police say was her estranged husband rammed her car a final time.
The impact sent her white four-door car careening into a utility pole at the corner of Gordon Drive and Pearl Street, where she crashed.
Sioux City Police spokesman Lt. Marti Reilly said the man led officers on a short car chase that ended when he crashed into a semi-tractor parked on the east side of the Tyson Events Center parking lot.
Officers heard one or two shots, Reilly said, observed the man struggling with his weapon and then heard a final shot.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police did not identify the man late Wednesday, but said he was from Sioux City.
Firefighters used an extrication device to free the woman, who also was not identified, from her car.
She suffered from a gunshot wound to the left arm, Reilly said, but her injuries did not appear to be life threatening. She was taken to Mercy Medical Center -- Sioux City.
It was not clear late Wednesday if the woman was shot while inside her car, Reilly said, but there were bullet holes in her vehicle.
Police also did not identify where the incident started or what may have prompted it.
Come back to siouxcityjournal.com for news updates throughout the day.
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fred dirsk wrote on Dec 6, 2008 5:15 AM:
Wowzers wrote on Dec 5, 2008 10:35 PM:
granny has no clue wrote on Dec 5, 2008 3:46 PM:
GrannyK wrote on Dec 4, 2008 5:06 PM:
Perhaps now they will pay attention to 'no contact orders'.
From personal and extended reference...they've dropped the ball on that for that past.....ohhh....say....17 years. "
ocmer22 wrote on Dec 4, 2008 3:24 PM: