(Mapleton) A charge has been filed in the fatal shooting of a teen in Mapleton.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says on January 31, 2020, the Mapleton Police Department responded to a shooting incident at 306 South 5th Street in Mapleton. A deceased male identified as 16-year-old Joseph Hopkins was found inside the detached garage of the residence. Three other juvenile males were at the residence at the time of the shooting. The Iowa Office of State Medical Examiner has ruled Hopkins’ death as a homicide and the cause of death a single gunshot wound to the head.
On March 27, 2020, 17-year-old Jay Lee Neubaum was arrested in Whiting, Iowa, on one count of First-Degree Murder. First-Degree Murder is a Class A Felony. Neubaum’s bond was set at $1 million cash or surety. Neubaum was transported to the juvenile detention center in Woodbury County.
Agencies involved in the investigation include the Mapleton Police Department, the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, the Monona County Attorney’s Office, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Criminal Investigation.
