Anthony Jacobs, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed during an outbreak of gunfire in Waterloo, Iowa, early on May 29, 2022. Police received reports of shots around 2:31 a.m. in the 700 block of West First Street and found Jacobs and another man suffering from gunshot wounds after what investigators described in early reporting as an altercation that escalated into shooting. Jacobs was taken to Allen Hospital and later died; the other victim, Devonte Oneal, was treated at MercyOne and was released.

Reports indicated Jacobs had been shot in the neck, but authorities released few details about the number of shots fired, the weapon used or the precise sequence of events. Police processed the scene, interviewed potential witnesses and appealed for anyone with information to contact the Waterloo Police Department or Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers. No named suspect, motive or public announcement of an arrest or charge tied specifically to Jacobs’s killing was disclosed.

Friends and memorial posts remembered him as Ant and Buddy, and as having attended Castle Hill, Longfellow, Central and East schools and worked as a food server at Red Lobster. If anyone was in the area that night or knows more about what happened, please contact Waterloo police or Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers with information.