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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Additional charges filed in Nov. 18 shooting

Additional charges have been filed in a Nov. 18 shooting in Iowa City.

Iowa City Police responded to a report from Mercy Hospital, 500 E. Market St., at 9:13 p.m. Nov. 18 of an adult male shooting victim.

According to an Iowa City police complaint, 20-year-old Peter Thullen has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly went to a East Bloomington Street residence to collect a drug debt and brought a loaded gun with him for intimidation. Thullen told a witness he shot the victim, and the victim received injuries that could have been fatal, the release said.

The codefendant, 19-year-old Andrew Meyer, has been charged with attempted murder-joint criminal conduct. Meyer accompanied Thullen to the residence and provided the handgun used to shoot the victim, the release said.

Thullen and Meyer are being held in the Johnson County Jail, the release said.

— by Jordyn Reiland

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