Lang
10/25/25
A plea deal has been reached with the suspect in a shooting on the Ped mall that left two people injured.
Online court records show 24-year-old Iziah Poulsen of 19th Avenue in Coralville entered a guilty plea on Friday. Terms of the deal and a sentencing date are not listed.
Iowa City Police say just before 1:00 on the morning of July 20th of last year Poulsen was involved in an argument outside the Graduate Hotel when he discharged a firearm several times. One bullet hit an uninvolved subject. Another hit a nearby taco cart and struck an employee’s hand. Police say Poulsen pistol-whipped and shot at a person who tried to disarm him.
The shooting triggered a HawkAlert from the University of Iowa.
Poulsen has a previous weapons conviction from 2019 in Johnson County, making him ineligible to carry a firearm.
Poulsen was initially charged with Going Armed With Intent, Dominion or Control of a Firearm By a Felon, Participating in a Riot, Assault While Displaying a Weapon, Assault With Intent to Inflict Serious Injury, Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Property Damage, and two counts of Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Injury. If convicted on all counts, he would have faced a maximum of 31 years in prison.