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News & Current Events Apr 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM

3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say

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3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say
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3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say
Authorities in Iowa say three University of Iowa students have been wounded in a shooting that erupted in a nightlife district near campus.
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igetproteinfartsHELP Apr 19, 2026 +164
A shooting erupted during a large fight in a nightlife district near the University of Iowa campus, leaving three students wounded early Sunday, police and university officials said. No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning, according to a campus alert.
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Vercentorix Apr 19, 2026 +149
Calling the IC PedMall downtown the "nightlife district" is doing some heavy lifting.
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ThaGenderOffender Apr 19, 2026 +43
i live in iowa city, this was scary to wake up to
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ImStillExcited Apr 19, 2026 +3
Do you know what bars it was near?
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Ryanthln- Apr 20, 2026 +2
Right outside ReUnion
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yourlittlebirdie Apr 19, 2026 +26
If this were most countries, this would have been a big fistfight, at worst a stabbing of one or two people. Guns make every conflict so much more dangerous, for those involved and for bystanders too.
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rustytromboneXXx Apr 20, 2026 +8
If the yanks wanted change they would have got it. Greatest democracy etc. Tbh I don’t even know why these make the Us news, so normal.
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NiobiumThorn Apr 20, 2026 +8
Harsh but fair
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TwoPoundzaSausage Apr 20, 2026 +1
Americans are hustlers. If we made every gun in the United States illegal tomorrow, a multibillion dollar black market industry would spring up essentially overnight. There are a ton of retired machinists whose social security checks just aren't meeting their living expenses who would absolutely manufacture untraceable non-serialized firearms, no questions asked, for cash under the table.
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hyungguwu Apr 20, 2026 +2
I live in Florida now but am from the Iowa City area. You never think that this is going to happen where you live, I grew up thinking Iowa City was a pretty boring place compared to most cities. I hope that all of the victims involved will be okay. These people are my age and should have their whole lives ahead of them.
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leohat Apr 19, 2026 +5
But but but moar guns make moar safer.
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xExerionx Apr 19, 2026 +4
Just another day in the USA
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ram_fl_beach Apr 19, 2026 +6
The second amendment kills more of us.
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tehfireisonfire Apr 20, 2026 -3
Genuinely curious, what gun control would fix issues like this? In Czechia the gun laws are LOOSER then the US but you don't see nearly as much gun violence. NYC for example has the strictest gun laws in the US by a huge margin, but the handgun crime rates there are still sky high? Why is that the case when it is already a felony to simply touch a handgun in ny without a pistol permit which takes well over 2 years to obtain? What laws would fix the gun crimes in nyc if the strictest laws in the country aren't already doing that
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DeadGuyInRoom4 Apr 20, 2026 +19
The gun crimes rates in NYC are not, in fact, sky high, as compared to other U.S. cities.
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tehfireisonfire Apr 20, 2026
Ok cool, it still has some of the highest gun murders per capita of all the large cities in the western hemisphere. But it also has by far the strict gun laws in the US. So again why are it's gun crime rates still that high? Surely all the gun control should have stopped it right?
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viola-purple Apr 19, 2026 -30
Another school day in the US
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SweetAlyssumm Apr 19, 2026 +98
It was in a bar. Horrible but not a school shooting.
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viola-purple Apr 19, 2026 -150
Yet campus. It actually doesn't matter, there's shootings daily in the USA.
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KimJongFunk Apr 19, 2026 +92
This was a shooting in the downtown district where bars are located. I understand your criticism of US gun culture, but criticize us for the right reasons instead of conjecture.
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IPissExcellentThrows Apr 19, 2026 +68
When I move the goalposts and still get it wrong
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Wintersage7 Apr 19, 2026 +26
It was actually in the Ped Mall, not on campus.
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posthuman04 Apr 19, 2026 +12
It wasn’t a school day, either
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Historical_Lynx_2674 Apr 19, 2026 +26
No one dead. Yay.
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StarsapBill Apr 19, 2026 +16
The mass shooting this morning that killed 8 children did though.
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viola-purple Apr 19, 2026 -4
That's a good outcome
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Spaduf Apr 19, 2026 -3
I don't think that's right I'm afraid.
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GuaranteedCougher Apr 19, 2026 +38
This was off campus at night. The headline just mentions the nearby campus to make it more interesting. A shooting in a college town isn't necessarily a school shooting. This just seems like an after barclose shooting which happens more often in bigger cities
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GlenBaileyWalker Apr 19, 2026 -13
By nearby campus, they mean across the street from the campus. They specifically mention the ped mall which is roughly 500 feet from the campus.
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perenniallandscapist Apr 19, 2026 -24
They might as well have said that a shooting doesn't count as a school shooting if its only in the parking lot. Close enough for me. Still sad that we just dismiss shootings quite generally.
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posthuman04 Apr 19, 2026 +1
Well except it almost certainly wasn’t about academics or targeting the school. Like previous incidents in downtown Iowa City it’s likely people from out of town doing their business in popular off campus bars.
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igetproteinfartsHELP Apr 19, 2026 +26
This was not a school shooting.
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Gadshill Apr 19, 2026 +13
It happened at night on the weekend. > Nightlife district near the University of Iowa campus wounded five people early Sunday
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viola-purple Apr 19, 2026 -36
So they were lucky that most were asleep...
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Gadshill Apr 19, 2026 +8
Sort of depends on what type of college student you are.
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posthuman04 Apr 19, 2026 +3
Nobody goes to those bars for school related reasons. Even if it were midday, midweek it still wouldn’t be a campus or school related shooting
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RobertWayneLewisJr Apr 19, 2026 +11
Brother, it's sunday
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viola-purple Apr 21, 2026 +1
And? Besides I'm not a man
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Yarusenai Apr 19, 2026 +2
It's Sunday
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viola-purple Apr 21, 2026 +1
I don't have their impression that in the US people make a difference regarding when they shoot people
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gtindolindo Apr 19, 2026 +1
Isn't it Sunday tho? No churches today / (yet).
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RobutNotRobot Apr 20, 2026 +1
Mid-April...the official mass shooting season has begun.
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Couffere Apr 22, 2026 +1
Not a lot of details in the posted link. More details here [https://dailyiowan.com/2026/04/19/3-ui-students-injured-in-downtown-shooting-investigation-ongoing/](https://dailyiowan.com/2026/04/19/3-ui-students-injured-in-downtown-shooting-investigation-ongoing/)
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cwweydert Apr 19, 2026 -2
If only something could be done…tots n pears
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DeadGuyInRoom4 Apr 20, 2026 +1
But the roadside signs in the rural Midwest told me guns prevent crime and save lives… are you telling me they lied?!
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tehfireisonfire Apr 20, 2026 -4
Genuinely curious, what gun control would fix issues like this? In Czechia the gun laws are LOOSER then the US but you don't see nearly as much gun violence. NYC for example has the strictest gun laws in the US by a huge margin, but the handgun crime rates there are still sky high? Why is that the case when it is already a felony to simply touch a handgun in ny without a pistol permit which takes well over 2 years to obtain? What laws would fix the gun crimes in nyc if the strictest laws in the country aren't already doing that
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DeadGuyInRoom4 Apr 20, 2026 +3
Strict gun laws aren’t nearly as effective when you can simply drive to a place with looser regulations to get them. An illustrative example of this is Mexico. Mexican citizens have a constitutional right to own guns, and they have tight gun regulations, and only 2 gun stores. Cities closest to US ports of entry have the highest gun crime rates in Mexico, because the vast majority of guns used in crimes there come from the U.S. That said, NYC crime rates are continuously declined since their peak in the 90s, and are lower than many other major cities. New York State had the 3rd lowest gun death rate in the country in 2023, and the city is at this point ranked in the top 15% safest in the U.S. for gun violence.
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tehfireisonfire Apr 20, 2026 -4
I'm using handguns as the example here because there are already federal laws that *should* prevent people from nyc from getting handguns. It is a felony to buy a handgun outside your state of residence, so what more gun laws would prevent the nyc gun violence?
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TwoPoundzaSausage Apr 20, 2026 -1
> Strict gun laws aren’t nearly as effective when you can simply drive to a place with looser regulations to get them. This statement belies the fact that you have never purchased a gun before, or you don't know the laws. If you purchase a gun in another state, you have to show ID. When you show ID, the firearms dealer runs your info through a background check, which takes into account your state of residence. If you attempt to purchase something that is illegal to possess in your state, the sale is flagged. All gun sales in the US must follow the applicable laws of the home state of the purchaser. An illustrative example of this is Mexico. Non-citizens are outright forbidden from purchasing guns unless they have at least a green card and an active hunting license, and even then they are severely limited in the number of guns they can buy. You can all but guarantee that no Mexican citizen is coming up to the US to buy a bunch of guns to take back to Mexico. >Cities closest to US ports of entry have the highest gun crime rates in Mexico, because ~~the vast majority of guns used in crimes there come from the U.S.~~ of the Drug trade and fighting over control of smuggling routes.
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DeadGuyInRoom4 Apr 21, 2026 +1
Straw purchasers buy them in the U.S. and smuggle them to Mexico. At least [70%](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/25/american-guns-help-arm-mexican-drug-cartels-including-cjng/5586129001/) (and some estimates put the number closer to 90%) of illegal guns seized at crime scenes in Mexico originated in American gun shops. That is fact.
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Riptide360 Apr 19, 2026 -11
Congress can’t pass gun control because Republicans get paid off to say thoughts & prayers. https://youtu.be/oTkvNmUcecU?si=KZNlknewmySmlW4b
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FrenchDipFellatio Apr 19, 2026 +22
Everytown (founded by billionaire michael bloomberg) and similar groups actually [outspend the NRA](https://thereload.com/gun-control-groups-outraise-opponents-in-final-report-before-election-day/) now
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da_chicken Apr 19, 2026 +4
And gun companies lobby against it because very time these tragedies happen, their sales of ammunition spike hard.
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 -3
Congress can’t pass gun Control because it is infringement and unconstitutional. It’s not a right vs left debate
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 +11
You’re suggested regulated in the context of 2A was written means government regulation? Oh boy lol
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ToxicJolt124 Apr 19, 2026 -6
What do you think it means?
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 +6
What do you mean what do *I* think? The constitution says that means “well functioning”, “working smoothly”. I know it’s hard to fathom, but words 200 years ago change meaning in the legal framework
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[deleted] Apr 19, 2026 -2
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 +2
That’s why the supreme count exists, genius
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ToxicJolt124 Apr 19, 2026 -2
I’m not talking to you about the Supreme Court. You said that the constitution provides context for the word Regulate, which it definitively does not.
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 +5
This is clearly a troll or rage bait.
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Disastrous_Mouse_112 Apr 19, 2026 -3
The government already “infringes” on the right to bear arms, for example automatic machine guns, the question is where is the line, and that is a left vs right issue
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ItemEven6421 Apr 19, 2026 -20
We need to repeal the 2A
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 -11
So you want a society where the strong and gang can prey on the weak and elderly?
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ItemEven6421 Apr 19, 2026 +3
No, thats not how that works
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 -2
How does it work then?
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ItemEven6421 Apr 19, 2026 +2
Like the rest of the free world Im not suggesting a gunless society
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 -1
You’re never truly free if you don’t have a 2A type right. Keep dreaming, sheep
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ItemEven6421 Apr 19, 2026 +4
Thats not true in the slightest Im not the sheep here mi boi
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 19, 2026 +3
So let me ask you this: I’m sure based on your rhetoric, you despise and condemn the current US administration. Youre completely ok with them holding all of the power and firearms available? Also how would you enforce this 100% confiscation disarmament effort?
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ItemEven6421 Apr 20, 2026 +2
Thats not what i said, I don't believe in a gunless society
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 20, 2026 +1
Good thing you have no influence on policy
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M4DM1ND Apr 20, 2026 +4
Having the "ability" to fight against a corrupt government is such a worthless counterpoint in the modern era. You think a bunch of hillbillies with their glocks and hunting rifles would be able mount a rebellion against the government? Maybe in 1800s, when it happened last time. There's literally 0 chance that you owning a gun would make a difference in this scenario.
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No-Meringue-7317 Apr 20, 2026 +1
Damn you’re right - whatever you say really has no impact on anything. We should repeal the 1st amendment
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ToxicJolt124 Apr 19, 2026
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” The actual amendment makes a lot of sense. People just act like the first part doesn’t exist because of D.C. v. Heller
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ItemEven6421 Apr 19, 2026 +1
No it doesn't, thats why it's practically unique
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InfiniteOctave Apr 19, 2026 -17
Shot but not killed....clearly the shooter wasn't a hawkeye.
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Solomon-Berr Apr 19, 2026 +4
Please do show yourself out and don't come back.
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a_lonely_trash_bag Apr 20, 2026 +1
Dude, this is not the time for that.
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