Police respond to reports of gunman in Davenport, Bettendorf

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: KWQC

UPDATE: 3:32 p.m. – Captain Jim Stenger, Marine public affairs officer with the 9th Marine Corps Recruiting District issued a statement.

“We are closely monitoring the developing situation in Davenport, Iowa. We will provide further details as they are confirmed; however, current reports are that it appears to have been a shooting in a civilian/commercial facility next to the Marine Corps recruiting office. All Marine Corps Recruiting Command personnel have been accounted for and are unharmed.”

UPDATE: A spokeswoman for the City of Bettendorf says at 2:05 p.m. police were called to a report of an active shooter in the 4500 block of Utica Ride Rd. The suspect fired one round to the head, which was fatal.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (KWQC) – Police are responding to calls of a possible shooter in the 4500 block of Utica Ridge in Bettendorf. It appears to have started near the Marine recruiting office located at 710 E. Kimberly Rd. in Davenport around 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.

Read more: http://kwqc.com/2015/10/26/police-responding-to-gunman-calls-in-davenport-bettendorf/

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Davenport & Bettendorf, Iowa, Shootings: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Police have responded to reports of shootings at two separate locations in Iowa, according to WQAD-TV.

The first scene is on East Kimberly Road in Davenport, near a law office and military recruiting center. The second scene is near the Miller-Meier Limb and Brace offices on Utica Ridge Road in Bettendorf.

The suspected gunman shot himself on Utica Ridge Road after the incident in Davenport, police told the Quad City Times.

The two scenes are about 3 miles (eight minutes by car) away from one another.

The situation is still unfolding and little information has been made available.

Here’s what we know so far:

1. Dozens of Emergency Vehicles Responded to the Iowa Offices
2. Witnesses Say They Heard Gunshots From the Law Office
3. Police Say No One Was Injured at the Davenport Crime Scene
4. Both Crime Scenes Are Secure
5. A Medical Center Was Briefly Locked Down

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[valerief]

1. If only the Marines had guns. NRA logic. nt

[arcane1]

2. What passes for "journalism" in America these days.

Someone in the Marine center "heard shots fired at a nearby law office" but that isn't sexy enough for the headline, so they fully distort the facts and say the shooting was "at" the Marine center.

[Itchinjim]

3. Just a few blocks from me.

Gunz.

[tularetom]

4. That's a bogus headline

Unless there's more to it, the article clearly states that the sound of the shots came from the law office. Nowhere is there any mention that the recruiting office was fired on.

Is Fox News writing these headlines now?

[OldRedneck]

5. Let's hope no Marines were injured.

As for the lawyers, well . . . .