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7/1/23
A competency hearing has been set for a suspect accused of a shooting on the Ped Mall.
Iowa City Police say 30-year-old Dante Yance of Primrose Court shot at another subject on the Clinton Street side of the Ped Mall just before 4pm on January 14th.
Yance was located and detained at the intersection of East College and South Clinton Streets. Evidence of shots fired was recovered at the scene, including damage from bullets that struck the Old Capitol Town Center. No one was injured.
Yance allegedly admitted to shooting the gun and said he threw his Glock 43 into a dumpster near Brother’s, where it was later located.
Yance is charged with Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon With Injury or Provoking Fear, Going Armed With Intent, Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Damage, Trafficking in Stolen Weapons, and two counts of Assault While Using or Displaying a Weapon. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum of 26 years in prison.
Yance’s competency was brought into question in May. On Friday, Judge David Cox set a competency hearing for August 1st.