MASON CITY – A young Mason City man is behind bars today facing a charge of attempted murder after shooting another person multiple times at a local liquor store.
Mason City police said this afternoon that following a preliminary investigation, 19-year-old Jerell Theodore McKnight of Mason City was arrested in connection to the June 14 shooting at a north end liquor store, MidTown Liquor and Vape, 824 North Federal Avenue.
McKnight (pictured at top) is charged with Attempted Murder, a class B felony, and Person Ineligible to Carry Dangerous Weapons, a serious misdemeanor.
McKnight was taken into custody a short distance away from the shooting and is currently in-custody at the Cerro Gordo County Jail.
The victim in the incident remains in stable condition at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds that are not life-threatening.
Police claim there is no ongoing threat to the community related to this incident.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation crime scene team arrived in Mason City on Saturday morning to assist with processing the scene at MidTown Liquor and Vape. Their expertise was useful to the investigation in handling the variety of evidence that was collected at the scene.
Anyone with information about the shooting incident is asked to call MCPD at 641-421-3636.