DEATH INVESTIGATION

On Sunday, September 8, 2019, at approximately 2 am the Burlington Police Department responded to the 800-block of Columbia Street regarding multiple shots being fired. The Burlington Police Department arrived on scene at 1:42 am and located a 28-year-old male who had sustained a gunshot wound. The male was transported to Great River Medical Center in West Burlington where he was pronounced deceased. The name of the victim is being withheld pending family notification.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is assisting the Burlington Police Department with the ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call the Burlington Area Crime Stoppers or the Burlington Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division