Christina Blount, a 38-year-old Black or African American woman, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of December 30, 2024, in the 600 block of South Dodge Street in Iowa City. Police were dispatched at about 2:38 a.m., found Blount with gunshot wounds, and she was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The Iowa City Police Department opened an active homicide investigation and says the shooting appears to be an isolated incident. Investigators have spent hundreds of hours on leads, and as of late January 2025 the Johnson County Medical Examiner had not released a final autopsy report. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

Authorities have asked residents and nearby businesses to check surveillance footage from the early morning of December 30 and the Iowa City Area Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest. Did anyone in the area see or record anything that could help investigators?