FORT DODGE – This Northern Iowa woman allegedly was fed up with the course of an argument, drew a gun, fired a bullet into her antagonizer, and now she faces the prospect of decades in prison.
On September 26, 2024, Webster county dispatch was contacted by the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a shooting victim that was being treated by Mason City hospital staff. Upon speaking with the reporting deputy, detectives with Webster County Sheriff’s Office became aware that a possible shooting had occurred in rural Webster County in the town of Moorland, Iowa.
Shortly after this conversation, Webster county deputies and detectives arrived at 618 Front Street and secured the scene. Deputies made contact with a female, later identified as Cheyanne Guthrie (pictured at top), and two males who were located within the residence. All three individuals were interviewed, and a search warrant was executed on the residence where cellular devices, ammunition and a firearm were seized.
Throughout the course of this investigation, detectives learned that on September 26, 2024, around 8:30 AM, a male victim drove to the residence at 618 Front Street where he and Cheyanne Guthrie engaged in a verbal altercation. During this altercation, Guthrie displayed a firearm and shot through the driver’s door of the male’s vehicle striking him in the abdomen. The victim was transported by personal vehicle to the Mason City hospital where he was treated and released.
The Webster County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Webster County Attorney’s Office, Cerro Gordo County Sheriffs Office, and Iowa State Patrol in the investigation.
Based on the investigation, 29-year-old Cheyanne Guthrie was arrested and charged with the following offenses:
• Attempted Murder (Class B Felony): A violation of Iowa code 707.11(1), which states, “a person commits the offense of attempt to commit murder when, with the intent to cause the death of another person and not under circumstances which would justify the person’s actions, the person does any act by which the person expects to set in motion a force or chain of events which will cause or result in the death of the other person. Attempt to commit murder is a class “B” felony,” punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
Guthrie remains held in the Webster County Jail in Fort Dodge on $250,000 bond. A jury trial is set for April 21, 2025.