AMES – The Ames Police Department received a call of a shooting that had taken place at 4810 Westbend Drive at 10:31 P.M. on December 20, 2013. When officers arrived, they found a male, identified as Devlin F. Lockman, 38 years of age, with a gunshot wound to the head. The shooting was originally reported as accidental. However, after an extensive and ongoing investigation, a charge of Murder in the First Degree under Iowa Code 707.2, a class “A” felony, has been filed against Leigh Lepon, age 32, of Boone, Iowa. The charge is a result of new witness information, autopsy results conducted by the State Medical Examiner’s Office, and additional forensic evidence.
Lepon is currently being held at the Story County Jail.
SUBJECT IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
I grew up with Leigh Lepon. He was a extremely violent kid throughout childhood and beyond. This news comes as no shock to me. I recall his father giving him meth on his 13th or 14th birthday. He has a deformity in the center of his chest from a violent fight behind the old J4 Rollaway from a broomstick. This guy would smile at you one moment and the next attempt to strangle you. This person was very disturbing during my childhood. We weren’t friends but we had mutual friends. He was the leader of a childhood gang and handled most of the beat ins. Don’t believe for one moment that this human is innocent with his pouty expressions. He is a violent offender that hurt many, many people throughout his life. That GoFundMe page is a joke. Ask anyone from childhood about the guy. He is a maniac!
Guilty!