Iowa City Police investigating death of individual who appears to have fallen from downtown structure

Hunter
10/04/22

Iowa City Police are investigating the death of an individual who appears to have fallen from the Dubuque Street parking ramp late Saturday night.

The Daily Iowan reports police were dispatched just before midnight to East Burlington Street at South Linn Street at 11:55pm.

CPR was initiated. The individual was experiencing abnormal breathing, according to the call for service report obtained by the DI.

Two dozen law enforcement officers responded to the scene to deal with crowd control.

Iowa City Public Information Officer Lee Hermiston said the cause and manner of death has not been released, but will become public knowledge when the Johnson County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms the identity of the individual.