Hunter
06/30/22
Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks says he’s taking all steps at his disposal to extradite a second suspect in the Taboo Nightclub shooting this past April.
The Gazette reports that the office is now obtaining a governor’s warrant to bring 29-year-old Dimione Walker back from Stateville Prison in Joliet Illinois, where he’s been incarcerated since being arrested in a Chicago suburub for his role in the shooting. He’s being held on a parole violation and possession of a weapon charges.
Walker is accused of fatally shooting 25 year old Michael Valentine of Cedar Rapids in the Taboo incident. Maybanks says that the criminal complaint isn’t in the public record because Walker won’t be formally charged until he appears in Linn County District Court.
The Gazette also reports that the other alleged shooter, Timothy Rush, was working security at Taboo the night of the shooting. The criminal complaint against him says that Rush fired intentionally and indiscriminately into the large club, fatally shooting his girlfriend, 35-year-old Nicole Owens. He also allegedly seriously injured Marvin Cox, who was shot in the head. An amended complaint names other gunshot victims at Rush’s hand. They include Alazia Cotton, Makayla Stokes, Traniece Worley, Denise Triplett and Richard Nicksion. Two other gunshot victims haven’t been named.
Rush is set for trial on March 28th.