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6/30/25
One person is dead after a shooting at a Muscatine Hy-Vee.
According to the Muscatine Police Department, at about 2:00 Monday afternoon Ian Antonio Hernandez of the Lakewood Estates manufactured housing community in Davenport entered the 2nd Avenue Hy-Vee and shot 37-year-old Kalista Rae Hallberg of Letts multiple times. Hallberg died at the scene.
Police say Hernandez fled the scene in a red Chrysler minivan. Officers located the vehicle at the intersection of Highway 61 and Highway 38. Hernandez was found inside the minivan with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was transported to UnityPoint Health-Trinity Hospital, where he was airlifted to the University of Iowa Health Care campus location. Hernandez remains in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
Preliminary investigations determined the shooting originated from an ongoing domestic dispute between Hallberg and Hernandez.
Anyone with any information in regards to this incident should contact Lt. David O’Connor of the Muscatine Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit at 563-263-9922 ext. 608. Callers may remain anonymous.