Iowa City Police investigate Thursday shots fired incident

Edited release
08/29/25

Iowa City Police are investigating a shots-fired incident from Thursday night.

A release from the city reports at 8:56 p.m., Iowa City Police responded to the area of Deforest Avenue and Sycamore Street for a report of shots fired. Responding officers located evidence of gunfire. No injuries have been reported at this time.

Anyone with information – particularly video footage from around the time of the incident – is asked to contact Iowa City Police at 319-356-5275 or submit a tip using the Crime Stoppers via the P3 Tips app, online at iccrimestoppers.com, or at 319-358-TIPS. Calls to Crime Stoppers are held in strict confidence and anonymity is guaranteed.