Incident

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1-31-2020 Iowa Mapleton 1-1

Location

January 31, 2020

Incident Address

Mapleton, Iowa

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Joseph Hopkins
Age: 16
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Jay Lee Neubaum
Age: 17
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

victim playing with 20 gauge shotgun; subject retrieved 12 gauge shotgun from his car and shot him; GSW to the head;

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: 12 gauge

Type: 20 gauge

Sources

URL: https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Police-investigate-fatal-shooting-in-northwest-Iowa-567509451.html

URL: https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/state-and-regional/authorities-id-victim-in-mapleton-shooting/article_8c62ce09-c688-5fa7-8725-ebe10d03f05d.html#tracking-source=home-trending

URL: https://www.1380kcim.com/news/2020/murder-charge-filed-in-teens-january-shooting-in-mapleton/

URL: https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/attorney-wants-teen-charged-in-fatal-mapleton-shooting-prosecuted-as-juvenile/article_2b618092-db99-50f9-bd64-2b4433ebe700.html

URL: https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/updated-teens-recount-events-leading-up-to-fatal-shooting-of-mapleton-boy/article_57994a6a-61f6-5658-84cc-d23d46b46e5f.html

URL: https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/mapleton-teen-to-be-sentenced-for-second-degree-murder/

URL: https://ktiv.com/2021/07/13/man-convicted-of-fatally-shooting-a-teenager-with-shotgun-wants-new-trial/

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 9
State House District: 17