MASON CITY – A woman was shot with an arrow in Mason City, and police say a man has been arrested for attempted murder.
Mason City police say that on September 2, 2022, at 10:11 PM, officers responded to a male and female yelling in the area of 1st NW and North Washington, Mason City, IA. At the same time, the Mason City Police Department received a call from a citizen stating that a female subject had been shot with an arrow. The citizen was taking the female subject to Mercy One Emergency Room. The victim was taken to surgery and her condition is unknown at this time.
When officers arrived, they found the person who had shot the arrow being restrained at the scene by a bystander. Officers arrested Casey Larson, age 31, near the scene where the female had been shot with the arrow. Larson was charged with Attempt to Commit Murder. Attempt to Commit Murder is a class B felony and is punishable up to 25 years in prison.
Larson is currently in custoday at the Cerro Gordo County Jail.
