Shooing in the 200 block of Nebraska St - SCPD #21-28188
Jeremy McClure
Update on Oct. 1 at 3:25 p.m. - On Oct. 1 at about 2:00 p.m., a 17-year-old juvenile male of Sioux City surrendered himself to detectives at the Sioux City Police Department and was charged with attempted murder, willful injury, intimidation with a weapon, going armed with intent, and trafficking in stolen firearms.
The juvenile was charged as an adult and taken to the Woodbury County Juvenile Detention Center.
Update on Sept. 27 at 2:40 p.m. - Detectives with the Sioux City Police Department have requested that the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office drop charges filed on Sept. 25 against Eric-Jahim Word in connection to the shooting in the 200 block of Nebraska St. that left one man hospitalized.
Word’s arrest was based on available information at that time. As detectives continued their investigation, new information was discovered indicating that a witness intentionally misidentified Word as the person who fired the shots. Word was involved in the incident and fled before officers arrived.
The correct suspect has been identified and detectives are working with the County Attorney’s Office to file appropriate charges against that person.
Release on Sept. 25 at 10:30 a.m. – Detectives have arrested 19-year-old Eric-Jahim E. Word of Sioux City and charged him with attempted murder, going armed with intent, and trafficking in stolen weapons during the overnight hours for the shooting that occurred in the 200 block of Nebraska St. (NOTE: Charges against Eric-Jahim Word were dropped after it was found a witness had intentionally misidentified him as the shooter. A 17-year-old juvenile male was charged on Oct. 1 for this act.)
Also charged in connection to this incident were 39-year-old Joy-Esther A. Scott of Sioux City and 23-year-old Miracle J. Walls of Sioux City both of whom were charged with 2nd degree burglary.
Word, Scott, Walls and a 17-year-old juvenile male had been in vehicles that were following another adult female they had an on-going feud with. They eventually blocked her path on an access road in the 200 block of Nebraska St.
With the car stopped, Scott and Walls opened the woman’s car door and began to assault her causing her minor injuries.
It was at this time that the brother of the woman being assault arrived as she had been on the phone with him. He approached Word, Walls, and Scott to attempted to stop them.
The 17-year-old juvenile male produced a handgun and shot the brother twice, once in the back and once in the chest.
The male victim remains at MercyOne due to his injuries.
ORIGINAL RELEASE on Sept. 24 at 6:00 p.m. - On Sept. 24 at 3:10 p.m., the Sioux City Police Department received a report of a shots being fired in the 200 block of Nebraska St.
When officers arrived on scene, they located an adult-male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was transported to MercyOne for treatment and at the time of this release, is still undergoing medical treatment.
Investigating officers determined that this shooting arose out of an on-going dispute between several of the people involved. Several cars containing the people involved stopped in the area of the 200 block of Nebraska St. The dispute was about to escalate into a physical altercation when the shots were fired. The victim of the shooting was involved in this altercation.
Detectives are interviewing several of the subjects involved and are following up on leads to determine who fired the shots. At the time of this release, the subject who fired the shots was not in custody and detectives are still following up on information provided to them.
This is an on-going investigation and an update will be sent when additional information is obtained.
Any arrest/charge noted in this report should be considered merely an accusation. Any defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.