On the night of Sunday, July 6, 2025, gunfire erupted on Mulberry Street in Waterloo, Iowa. Emergency crews were called to the 1600 block at about 10:56 PM for a reported shooting and found a female victim with a gunshot wound. Responders then went to a nearby residence at 1724 Mulberry Street, where 20-year-old A’Tarion Key’won De ’Shawn Spates, a Black male from Waterloo, was found shot and pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say multiple people were firing guns from the 1724 Mulberry Street address. Investigators concluded Spates’s death was not intentional. The female victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. On July 15, 2025, detectives charged a 15-year-old in juvenile court with the delinquent act of Involuntary Manslaughter in connection with the shooting.

Anyone with information about the events on Mulberry Street that night is asked to contact Waterloo police.