Hunter/Lang
01/17/23
An additional charge has been filed against an Iowa City man who allegedly fired point blank at another man on the Pedestrian Mall over the weekend.
Witnesses say just before 4pm Saturday they observed 29-year-old Dante Yance of Primrose Court firing a gun at another subject. Nearby officers say they heard the gunshots and passed multiple people running from the scene.
Yance was located and detained at the intersection of East College and South Clinton streets. Evidence of shots fired was also recovered at the scene, including damage from bullets that struck the Old Capitol Town Center. No one is believed to have been injured during the incident. Yance allegedly admitted to shooting the gun and said he threw the Glock 43 in a dumpster near Brother’s, where it was later located.
Yance was charged with Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon With Injury or Provoking Fear, Going Armed With Intent, Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Damage and two counts of Assault While Using or Displaying a Weapon. Police have additionally charged Yance with Trafficking in Stolen Weapons, a Class D Felony.
If convicted on all charges, he now faces a maximum of 26 years in prison.