In the early morning hours of March 22, 2022, 41-year-old LaVance Cooper was fatally shot at an apartment at 627 West 2nd Street in Waterloo, Iowa. Police were dispatched shortly after 4 a.m.; officers found Cooper with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and he was taken to UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital, where he later died.

Investigators from the Waterloo Police Department cordoned off the area and conducted an on-scene evidence search and witness interviews at the apartment. The investigation led to the arrest of 58-year-old Dorray Cooper, who was charged by the Black Hawk County Attorney’s Office with first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

There has been limited public detail about motive. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about LaVance Cooper’s activities that night, please come forward.