Hunter
10/11/22
An Iowa City man has been arrested after his alleged involvement in the pistol whipping of another man.
Officers were called to a fight on the 500 block of East College Street Sunday at approximately 3:20am. Upon arrival, a man with serious injury was leaving the scene of the fight. He told police that he was beaten about the head with a pistol by 23-year old Nathan Riley Fisher, a resident of the apartment complex. The man suffered substantial blood loss and deformative injuries to his skull.
Police went to Riley Fisher’s apartment to interview him, but he was exiting his residence as they arrived and they detained him. A loaded Taurus revolver was allegedly found in the man’s hoodie pocket. Riley Fisher reportedly admitted post-Miranda that he had taken the weapon from the victim in the common area of the apartment complex and bludgeoned him about the head with it.
Riley Fisher’s criminal record includes a felony conviction and a domestic abuse conviction, and unable to lawfully carry weapons. He now faces a handful of charges, including Dominion or Control of a Weapon by a Felon, Dominion or Control of a Weapon by a Domestic Abuser, Use of a Dangerous Weapon in the Commission of a Crime, Person Ineligible to Carry Dangerous Weapons, and Willful Injury causing Bodily Injury. If convicted on all counts, Riley Fisher could be sentenced to up to 23 years in prison.