U.S. Marshals Task Force Assists Ames Police in Manhunt
Des Moines, IA - U.S. Marshals joined Ames Police on
Thursday in the manhunt for a Fort Dodge man who was wanted for an August 9th
shooting that left one man hospitalized. The manhunt ended yesterday when a
team of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, led by U.S.
Marshals, arrested the suspect in Chicago.
The U.S. Marshals Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force joined
in the manhunt for 23 year old Kevin Darnell Williams of Fort Dodge after Ames
Police identified him as the suspect in the shooting of Leonard Boyd III, 29,
of Boone on Tuesday. An arrest warrant was issued for Williams by the Iowa
District Court for Story County on Thursday, August 11th. Williams was charged
with attempted murder, first degree robbery, and being a felon in possession of
a firearm.
On Friday, August 12th, authorities learned that Williams
may have fled to Chicago. Additional coordinated efforts of the Ames Police,
the Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force in Des Moines, and the Great Lakes
Regional Fugitive Task Force in Chicago, led investigators to a couple of
possible addresses on South Sangamon Street in Chicago. Further investigation
allowed investigators in Chicago to narrow the search even more. As a result of
the investigation, the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force was able to
locate and arrest Williams in the 6900 block of South Sangamon Street at around
10 am on Sunday.
Williams was booked into the Cook County Jail to await
extradition proceedings back to Iowa.
The Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force is a team of law
enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals in the Southern District of Iowa. The
task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent fugitives and sexual
predators. Membership agencies include the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the
Fifth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services, the Iowa Division
of Criminal Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations,
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
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