Accomplice in Coralville robbery, shooting gets suspended sentence
Lang
6/25/19
An accomplice in a Coralville robbery and shooting has received a suspended sentence.
Judge Lars Anderson gave 20-year-old Artquon Kirksey a five-year suspended sentence on a Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury charge on Monday. A 1st Degree Robbery charge was dropped.
Kirksey and 25-year-old Soloman Marshall are two of three men accused of going to a residence in the 500 block of 7th Avenue at approximately 1am on December 23rd, 2017 for what was described as “an arranged transaction”.
After the transaction was aborted, the victim got into his car to leave. That’s when Marshall allegedly walked up to the vehicle, pulled out a gun and fired at the man, hitting him in the arm and chest. The three men then fled the scene.
Kirksey and the third suspect, 22-year-old Markez Fox, were arrested the next month. Marshall fled Coralville for several months, but was arrested upon his return in April of 2018. All three were charged with 1st Degree Robbery and Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury, charges which carry a maximum total of 30 years in prison upon conviction.
Fox reached a deal with prosecutors last January, pleading guilty to charges of 1st Degree Theft, Conspiracy to Commit a Forcible Felony and Assault While Participating in a Felony. He was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Marshall was scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, but online records do not indicate what punishment he received.
Kirksey was also arraigned Monday on charges of Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon, 1st Degree Harassment and Driving While Suspended after he allegedly threatened a witness by displaying a handgun on Boston Way last April.
