GLENWOOD, Iowa (WOWT) – Two people are dead and another person is in critical condition after a shooting in a Glenwood neighborhood.
Authorities are calling this an isolated incident, with no further threat to the community.
“There was some type of explosion in the house before the fire started,” Glenwood Police Chief Eric Johansen told reporters in an update late Wednesday night.
Police and Mills County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the incident, which was dispatched as an “active shooter situation.”
Johansen said shots were fired before the fire. He also confirmed that police have been called to the neighborhood in the past.
As the investigation continues, authorities are looking for anyone with information about this incident to contact Glenwood Police at 712-527-4844.
The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation is assisting with the investigation.
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Authorities barricaded a neighborhood after an emergency alert went out from Mills County Emergency Management at about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday.
Residents were asked to remain clear of the area around 405 N. Grove St. as an active law enforcement situation is in progress Wednesday night.
Neighbors told First Alert 6 at the scene that there was an explosion. They said there has been an ongoing neighborhood dispute.
Authorities are planning to give an update at about 11 p.m.
Police in Atlantic, Iowa, posted at about 8:45 p.m. that a situation there that some worried was tied to the incident in Glenwood was not.
A viewer submitted video from the scene:
“Law Enforcement in Atlantic has been working to take an individual into custody who had active arrest warrants. The individual is now in custody,” the Facebook post says.
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