Linn County identifies deputy shot in Coggon robbery

Photo: Linn County Sheriff's Office

(Linn County, IA) -- The Linn County Sheriff's Office is identifying a deputy, shot during a robbery. William Halvorson is a seven year veteran with the Sheriff's Office. He's hospitalized in serious, but stable condition, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Halvorson was shot late Sunday night in Coggon, north of Cedar Rapids. He'd been responding to a convenience store robbery when he was shot multiple times. Officers arrested 36-year-old robbery suspect Stanley Donahue of Chicago Monday afternoon after a 14-hour manhunt.

Donahue was spotted on Aldrich Road near Highway 13. A KCRG news crew saw a person matching the description of the suspect and contacted law enforcement. Donahue is facing Attempted Murder, First Degree Robbery, and Possession of a Firearm as a Felon. He's also facing Willful Injury and Disarming a Peace Officer related to the robbery and shooting at a Casey's Convenience Store at 5110 Highway 13 in Coggon.


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