UI president expresses gratitude for response to near-campus shooting

By: Brooklyn Draisey

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 728

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson thanked members of the Iowa Board of Regents Thursday for their emails and texts sent after a shooting earlier this week near the University of Iowa campus that resulted in multiple student injuries.

Five people, including three UI students, were shot early Sunday in Iowa City’s pedestrian mall near the university campus. Iowa City and university police are still seeking a suspect, named by police Wednesday as 17-year-old Damarian …

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