SCHLESWIG, IA (IRN) – The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday in Schleswig. At 6:20 p.m. deputies went to an apartment complex for a welfare check. A male subject pointed a long gun at deputies and threatened to shoot. A standoff ensued. At 11:45 p.m., the man fired one round in the direction of officers, a deputy returned fire and struck him. The subject was life-flighted with non-life threatening injuries. The name of the subject has not been released.

CLAYTON COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office is looking for some stolen guns and the person who stole them from the Mar-Mac Unified Police Department in Marquette, according to KCRG-TV. Police say last month flood water got inside the building so they were moving things around. Investigators say it was during that time that someone stole the guns.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – A 12-year-old boy is in critical condition with a head injury after he was assaulted Tuesday in Davenport. WQAD-TV reports the child was found near Monroe Elementary School. Police arrested three 15-year-old boys who have been charged with willful injury with serious injury and going armed with intent. Police said the teens were armed with bricks and a hammer.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Des Moines man was charged Wednesday with felony child endangerment for allegedly whipping his son with a belt about 15 times. KCCI-TV reports the boy’s mother reported the incident. She told police she was scared 34-year-old Jeremy Polson was going to seriously injure the boy. Polson found out his son got in trouble at middle school, told him to go to his room, and then struck him repeatedly with the belt. The boy suffered bruises on his buttocks, left side and thigh.

MARION, IA (IRN) – Marion police a looking for a registered sex offender who stabbed a man in Marion Wednesday morning, according to KWWL-TV. Police believe 42-year-old Sean Hemphill did it, but when they arrived he was already gone. Because the stabbing occurred within a few blocks from Marion schools, the district went on a lockdown as a precaution. The man’s injuries were not life-threatening.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Distracted walking is increasingly a problem in Iowa City, according to David Ricketts, Director of Parking and Transportation at the University of Iowa. KCRG-TV reports an increasing number of people are walking while using their cell phones. Tyler Paintin, who makes and sells bracelets at a street corner near campus, estimates that he sees nearly three people per hour narrowly miss being hit by a car or bus. Nationally, pedestrian deaths surged by 10 percent last year.