Burlington, IA- The Burlington Police Department says a man has been arrested following a shooting incident.
According to a news release, on Monday September 23rd, the Burlington Fire Department responded to the 1200 block of Gnahn Street regarding a woman with a cut on her hand.
When the woman was taken to Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, she advised that the injury to her hand was a gunshot wound.
The woman said that a man who resides in her residence had a gun to his head and when she tried to disarm him, she was shot in the hand.
The man was identified as Colton Brown.
Detectives later learned that two children were inside the residence at the time of the shooting. Upon further investigation by Burlington Police Detectives, Brown was taken to the Des Moines County Jail.
He is charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, and two counts of Child Endangerment.
